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Art, History & Culture

-London

Turning Gum into Art

-Look Up, Look Down Challenge, Week 46 Every Thursday, I publish a post containing photo(s) taken from above or below, and invite you to join in the challenge by posting your own photos with an […]

-Ireland

Aspiring to New Heights in Dublin

-Look Up, Look Down Challenge, Week 45 Every Thursday, I publish a post containing photo(s) taken from above or below, and invite you to join in the challenge by posting your own photos with an […]

-Barcelona

The Giants of Pi

Back in the Middle Ages, in Barcelona, the giants Goliath and St. Christopher, along with several monstrous beasts, were an important part of the Corpus Christi celebration.  Guivernau recognised the Giants of […]

-Ireland

X is for… XVI June

As mentioned in James met Nora, XVI June is Blooms Day. I took yesterday’s Lincoln’s Inn photo last year, 2013, but by some weird coincidence I ended up back in Dublin yesterday, June […]

-Ireland

Where James met Nora

-or Happy Bloomsday  On 16th June 1904, James Joyce met his wife Nora Barnacle for the first time.  Well, actually, it seems they first met on 10th June but they […]

-London

Ode to the West Wind

This large scale mural on the wall of a Georgian house in Soho was inspired by a poem by Percey Bysshe Shelley. “O WILD West Wind, thou breath of Autumn’s being— […]

-Manchester

Queen Victoria’s Ablutions

Edward Onslow Ford’s Queen Victoria Monument in Manchester’s Piccadilly Gardens is in need of some tender loving care.  This Grade II listed monument caught my attention yesterday because of the weeds that have […]

-Madrid

Travel Mural

For me, preparation and anticipation are a important part of travel.  I like choosing luggage and packing (though I hate unpacking at the end of the trip). The first thing I […]