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Art, History & Culture

Birdy Mural

The artist Knar and his 2 collaborators, Birdy Kids, have been making the bright and cheerful bird graffiti since 2010, particularly in Knar’s home town of Lyon.  The blue bird […]

Big Yellow Bird

The Pecking Bird by Gary Hume joined other pieces of public art, such as Antony Gormley’s men, in Regents Place in October this year. This 20-panel painting which stands 14 […]

Head to Head

“Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.” -Antoine de Saint-Exupery Linked to Shoot and Quote: Direction.

Work in Progress

Stevenson Square in Manchester’s Northern Quarter underwent its 3-monthly changeover of mural art a couple of weeks ago. Mancunian Wave reported that the walls were white just as arrived in […]
Work in Progress

Mistress of the Unexpected

Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, DBE (1890 – 1976) was an incredibly prolific English writer, known best, of course, for her crime novels (66 in all).  She also wrote short stories and plays, plus six romances under the […]

Pink Puli

-Lispencie does Pink! I couldn’t pass this cute, short-legged pink dog without stopping to admire and smile – and take plenty of photos, of course.  It reminded me of Dougal […]

False Steps

I featured some of the many steps in Paris in a recent post.  Here are some more steps… …………………… or are there? If you are a fan of trompe l’oeil, […]

Two Doors in Montmartre

Jean-Baptiste Clément (1836-1903), a singer, was “Mayor of Montmartre” during the heady 70 days of the 1871 Commune, when this area actually seceded from Paris. The Commune (La Commune de […]