At the Old Library in Trinity College, Dublin the public are granted access to the 65 metre-long Long Room. As with the British Library, Trinity College Library is a legal […]
Sitges is an incredibly picturesque town: white and blue buildings, sandy beaches, modernist architecture, flowers, gardens, statues, … And its windows are no exception. For this Thursday’s Lingering Look at […]
Regents Park in the sunshine:. Yes, we had a sunny day in London on Sunday – at long last! Wordless Wednesday – on Wednesdays all over the internet bloggers post […]
A few years ago I was lucky enough to be invited to Cowes Week: not to compete you understand, just to sail alongside and drink champagne! Cowes Week is one of […]
I couldn’t do a series of red posts without including Premier League Champions (yet again), Manchester United. I am not a Manchester United fan as it happens, my allegiances lie […]
The British Library celebrated its 40th birthday today. The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is a legal deposit library, and as such it receives copies of every book produced in Britain, […]
Veliko Tarnovo (Велико Търново) is one of the oldest settlements in Bulgaria, dating back over five millennia. Traces of human presence dating from the 3rd millennium BC have been found there, it […]
The June weather in Dublin was what you would expect in April. Between showers, I was able to admire these yellow blossoms floating in the water in St Stephen’s Green […]