Graffiti and Street Art
This week’s mural comes from the Grand Gardens Hotel in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Posted as part of Monday Mural.
-Kenya
Masai men typically wear red clothing, symbolising courage and warrior. I took these photos in Kenya few years ago. Posted as part of the Sunday Stills: Red challenge and linked […]
-London
How have I managed to live so close to London for so long and yet never go to the Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy until this year? It is […]
-Egypt
You’ll have gathered from many of my previous posts that […]
-Manchester
These murals decorate the external shutters of NoHo Bar in Manchester’s Northern Quarter. I haven’t been there at night when the shutters come up, but I understand there is similar […]
Beach holiday
Sitges is an extremely beautiful Catalan town: white and blue buildings, stunning coastline, sandy beaches, wide promenade, carefully tended gardens. It is also an artistic city, with a strong heritage […]
-United Kingdom
I’m a fan of Maria Smedstad’s Em cartoons about ex-pat life in the UK. Here are a couple of my favourites. Reblogged from Maria Smedstad cartoons
-England
Even if you don’t know much about skateboarding, if you live in London or visit the South Bank entertainment complex, you’ll know this skate park. In fact, a battle between […]
-London
This beautiful mural, made of ceramic tiles painted by Brian James in 2011, marks the former site of a Bloomsbury petrol station. The old Ridgmount petrol station dates back to […]
-France
The Oxford Dictionary defines cryptozoology as “the search for and study of animals whose existence or survival is disputed or unsubstantiated, such as the Loch Ness monster and the yeti”. […]
Challenges
Happy Days! Here I am, outside school in the mid 1970s (that’s me second from right), with a group of friends. Like the uniform? You’re not seeing the worst of […]