Vintage Safari
“There we were, the three of us, wanting to congratulate, wanting to be good sports about this rhino whose smaller horn was longer than our big one, this huge, tear-eyed marvel […]
Marseille is in my Heart
“Marseille is, and always has been, the port of exiles, of Mediterranean exiles, of exiles from our former colonial routes, too. Here, whoever disembarks in the port is inevitably at […]
Top 10 Books on my Istanbul Travel Reading List
I love to read a selection of books based on […]
Madrid with your Dog
“You can sit here for breakfast or have a snack at any time…there are great examples of street art on the walls… and dogs are welcome at Gorila Cafe Bar, […]
Pegasus is Knocking at the Door
These beautiful door handles, featuring Pegasus, adorn the main doors of the National and University Library in Ljubljana. This library was established in 1774 but has undergone a number […]
Looking up at Manchester Central Library
-Look Up, Look Down Challenge, Week 64 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 […]
Liliputian Library
Informal, ad-hoc libraries seem to be popping up all over. This one in Oakland, California, might be tiny but it is beautiful. **************************************************************************** Lilliputian Library, reblogged from Oakland Daily Photo. This little […]
Treadwell’s, a Magical Bookshop
Store Street, in Bloomsbury, used to house offices of the British Library, and is now home to Treadwells book store, founded in 2003. The only word to describe this shop […]
A is for… Analphabetic
The Merriam-Webster online dictionary defines analphabetic as lacking in education or the knowledge gained from books, and as one of my favourite literary characters commented: “To the uneducated, an A […]
John Rylands Library
“There is no desire more natural than the desire for knowledge.” Michel de Montaigne The John Rylands Library in Manchester is housed in a beautifully striking late-Victorian neo-Gothic building on […]
Travel with Intent 