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Rooftops of Marseille

The old buildings of Marseille have fantastic terracotta roofs.  The hilly nature of the city makes it easy to capture their beauty with the lens of a camera. Posted as […]

Sofia in the Pink

The incongruity of soft, pink flowers versus military tanks is what caught my attention when I snapped this view from my hotel room in Sofia. Linked to Pink Saturday.

BT Tower Reflected

I’m always surprised at how visible the BT tower is from almost everywhere in central London. Walking along the Euston Road, there it was again! This time reflected in the […]

Curvy Edinburgh

Wordless Wednesday – on Wednesdays  all over the internet bloggers  post a photo with no words to explain it.  The idea is that the photo says so much that it doesn’t need a description.

NoHo Murals in Manchester

These murals decorate the external shutters of NoHo Bar in Manchester’s Northern Quarter.  I haven’t been there at night when the shutters come up, but I understand there is similar […]

Dreamy Cambridge

The King’s College of Our Lady and St Nicholas in Cambridge was founded in 1441 by King Henry VI.  Its Chapel and choir are world-famous, with millions of people around […]

B is for… Boat

Whenever I visit Tarragona, I like to pop down to the fishermen’s district, El Serallo. It is home to a well known fish market, and many fish and seafood restaurants. […]

Woman Driver

This beautiful mural, made of ceramic tiles painted by Brian James in 2011, marks the former site of  a Bloomsbury petrol station.  The old Ridgmount petrol station dates back to […]

St Paul’s Cathedral

St Paul’s Cathedral looks particularly striking in this pencil sketch. The sketch is in fact a modified version of this photograph, altered using Picasa.  Here is my original: This post […]