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Obsessed with Colour

 “Colour is my day-long obsession, joy and torment.” Claude Monet I have featured Manchester’s Northern Quarter several times on this blog  before.  Maybe it’s a bit of an obsession  for […]

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Music Icons in Carnaby Street

Carnaby Street in London is always a fun and vibrant place to be.  At the moment it is celebrating ten decades of musical history with murals of  iconic musical  figures […]

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Pumpkins Galore!

Pumpkins are a much loved member of the squash family, Cucurbitaceae. There are actually only four species of squash but many cultivated varieties have been bred from these four.  Here […]
Pumpkins Galore!

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Giant Jelly Baby

Those with a sweet tooth may be somewhat disappointed to learn that this jelly baby is not edible. It is, instead, a polyurethane exhibit at the Wellcome Collection on the […]

Cityscape

Bath Reflections

The Georgian spa town of Bath, in south west England, looks beautiful from all angles and in all lights, but early evening adds a wonderful golden glow that can be […]

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WANTED – Giant Custard!

I adore rhubarb and custard. You would certainly need a giant portion of the yellow stuff to go with this Giant Rhubarb (Gunnera manicata).  The leaves can be as much as […]

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Art and Craft in Manchester

Good art, craft and fabric shops seem few and far between in Britain this days.  Many department stores have ditched their haberdashery departments and not many high streets feature a […]