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Sunshine in Edinburgh

The sun shone in Edinburgh one day this week and everyone rushed outside to make the most of it, taking a pew anywhere they could. Linked to Good Fences.

Peace Palace

One of the most photographed buildings in Den Haag is the grandiose Peace Palace (Vredespaleis),  standing in 5 hectares of land between the business district and the town centre. Towards the end of the […]

New Windows on the Block

-Look Up, Look Down Challenge, Week 37 Every Thursday, I publish a post containing photo(s) taken from above or below, and invite you to join in the challenge by posting your own photos with […]

Space Invaders and Rubik Cubes

Invader is  a well-known French urban artist, born in 1969, who works largely with square mosaic tiles, producing street art based on Space Invaders and other 1970s arcade games. He also produces works […]

Selfie Capital of Europe

Everywhere I travel these days, I see people taking selfies.  It is such a popular phenomenon that it is now in most dictionaries, and was even voted the word of […]

Q is for… Quantum Gravity

I was happy to be asked for permission to use one of my photos to illustrate a piece about Quantum Gravity for a conference on the topic. Quantum Gravity is defined […]

Smooth or Frothy

The Water of Leith comes smooth or frothy However you like it, this is a great urban waterway in one of the world’s greatest cities. Linked to Word a Week: […]

Language is a Virus

Isn’t it amazing how these strangely shaped designs can be put together to make up letters and words, things that have meaning to us? Back in 1962, in The Ticket […]