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Alphabet Challenges

L is for… Leaping Hare

The hare is a recurring theme in the works of Barry Flanagan OBE (1941 – 2009).  This leaping example at Broadgate in London, hovers above a crescent moon and a bell. Flanagan, originally […]

K is for… Kite

Spring has come to the North at last, and in the USA you can celebrate its arrival with a spot of kite flying as part of National Kite Month this April. To get into full […]

F is for… Frog

This bronze frog drinking fountain, La Grenouille, one of many modern art structures in La Defense, was created by Claude Torricini. You’ve got to love the cute frog with an even cuter, […]

Z is for… Zénobe Gramme

Zénobe Théophile Gramme (1826-1901), the father of the dynamo, was a Belgian engineer who lived and died in France. At the age of 30 he began work in a Paris electrical […]