Looking back over my recent photo collections, I notice that I rather like a refreshing point of view: glasses, with or without refreshment, often feature; sometimes as a focal point, […]
In Tarragona, on the Rambla Nova, there stands a life-size monument to the tradition of building Castells, or Human Towers. As you can see above, the castellers are lifelike, with […]
“The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.” ― Nelson Mandela I am not going to attempt a biography of Nelson Mandela […]
Here are some more beautiful thistles, from the same garden in Wiltshire as my previous thistle post. These are Eryngium, also known as Ivory Thistles or Sea Holly. Both are […]
These vine-adorned windows belong to Afflecks, a large store that is home to over 70 individual units. It opened initially in 1981 as Afflecks Palace but went through some troubled […]
Much of the Okavango Delta is permanently underwater, though levels do vary hugely between the seasons. Locals and tourists alike rely on boats to travel around, either traditional manually poled […]