Six metal animal heads, the work of Betka Siruckova, are positioned against a large open wall in the Beaux-Arts district of Montpellier. On a sun-blessed autumn day, the shadows of […]
The cloister of Mont St Michel perches at the edge of the church, forming a key part of the section of the building which is known as “Merveille” (wonder). Three […]
Unan, daou, tri… These Breton sheep just couldn’t resist posing for my camera… Perhaps it was my very basic use of the Breton language, probably incorrectly, that made them […]
“Literature and travel are anciently, inevitably tangled. Journeys suggest stories, stories take the form of journeys, odyssey, exoduses, pilgrims’ and rakes’ progresses” – Jonathan Raban, For Love and Money […]
The Ploumanac’h lighthouse is easily viewed from the coastal footpath, Sentier des Douaniers, a gentle stroll from Saint-Guirec. The first lighthouse here was built in 1860. Sadly, it was destroyed in […]
I always think of cloisters as being buried low down and in the midst of the building, but the nature of Mont St Michel perched on an island and reaching up […]
This quaint building with devil-like grotesques and welcoming aqua-coloured doors rests on the pink granite coast of Brittany, between the village and the lighthouse of Ploumanac’h. I believe the cheeky grotesques that adorn the roof, are one […]