Countries

Raining Umbrellas

Hex Colour reference: C8385A A colourful note: maroon is the term used for a dark brown-red , with the first recorded use of this as an English colour name in 1789. The name comes from […]

-London

Alfred Hitchcock at the Rovers Return

Back in 1964 Alfred Hitchcock was captured o camera as he peered through the doors of Coronation Street’s Rovers Return pub. In 2015, the TV Times magazine celebrated its 60th anniversary […]

-Hertfordshire

The super-strong, super-assertive and red-headed child, Pippi Longstocking, is loved around the world. The first book featuring her was published in Sweden in 1945 and her creator, Astrid Lindgren (1907–2002), rapidly earned fame. […]

-London

Protection for Egyptian Architecture

I reported on the history of the Carreras company and their high-tech factory earlier today, but when Cee asked us for a sepia shot and Theresa always likes to see […]

California

Warhol at Number 52

Artist and photographer, Karen Bystedt, carried out a photo shot of Andy Warhol back in 1982 as part of a male model photography book she was working on. She used […]

-London

Long Exposure on a Chilly Night

Speedy London traffic plus a slow photographer (with tripod), and the result is a pace oddity and very cold fingers! Copyright Debbie Smyth, 25 February 2016

-London

Cats, Pharaohs and Tobacco

Carreras Factory (opened 1928), Camden, London, February 2016 These large black cats and Egyptian columns belong to a 1920s art deco building in north London; a cigarette factory, no less. […]

-London

Hope and Anchor – week 2

Having discovered that this closed London pub dates back to the late nineteenth century, I decided on an antique edit for this version: sepia-coloured monotone with a grainy texture added, […]

-Sweden