Manchester’s Street Art Project
In Stevenson Square in Manchester’s Northern Quarter, you can enjoy the artistic products of an exciting project. Stevenson Square was designated a conservation area back in 1987: it contains many, […]
Power Pencil
Linked to Monday Mellow Yellow and Monday Mural.
Pink in the Face
Linked to Pink Saturday and Sundays in my City.
Reality or Fantasy?
This pink letter to the public is another Micah Purnell piece – for more on this series of his works click here.
Cream Tea Anyone?
26 June 2015 marks National Cream Tea Day and in August each year there is National Afternoon Tea Week (it was 11-17 August in 2014). If you’re like me, you need no […]
Peveril of the Peak
I was lost for a word to describe the colour of this historic Manchester pub. But then I found it – chartreuse! I’m not sure I’ve seen tiles quite this colour […]
Eye-nigmatic Cockerel
This dramatic sculpture is one of several striking pieces that grace the public areas of the Radisson Edwardian Hotel in the former Free Trade Hall in central Manchester. The giant cockerel even has […]
Looking Down on Manchester – at night
-Look Up, Look Down Challenge, Week 49 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 an […]
Is Etiquette a Relic of the Past?
I bet everyone knows at least one person that stays glued to their mobile phone when they should really be paying attention to you. Does your significant other feel the […]
Is that a Dragon I see above me?
Hanging high above the Northern Quarter, on the corner of Tib Street and Church Street, shines the Tib Street Horn. This enigmatic, silver sculpture, half dragon and half saxophone, coils around the remains of an […]
Travel with Intent 