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Tangerine Burano

For Mustard Burano, click here. Linked to Mandarin Orange Monday, Word a Week: Orange and Orange You Glad It’s Friday.

Good Hope this Sunday

It’s a beautifully sunny Sunday here in London and what better place to be than Trafalgar Square, with its lively fountains and vibrant street entertainment. I particularly like this message, […]

Mustard in Burano

The house colours in Burano are some of the brightest I’ve seen. This is a shade I’d call mustard, though I’m sure some of you will have other names for it. […]

Q is for… Quantum Gravity

I was happy to be asked for permission to use one of my photos to illustrate a piece about Quantum Gravity for a conference on the topic. Quantum Gravity is defined […]

Inside Mercat Santa Caterina

Most visitors to Barcelona will recognise and admire this colourful, flowing roof. It is, of course, the roof of the Mercat Santa Caterina, designed by husband and wife Enric Miralles and […]

Istanbul’s Traditional Houses

Istanbul has a long tradition of wooden house construction.  The majority of its wooden houses date back to the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, but these buildings are deteriorating […]

Abandoned in Istanbul

I returned yesterday from my first ever visit to Istanbul.  I found it to be a vibrant place, full of contrasts: old and new; East and west; spicy and sweet. […]