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Royal Naval College Mirrored

The Painted Hall in the Old Royal Naval College at Greenwich, was not given its name for nothing. The ceiling is painted in the utmost detail, hard to appreciate with […]

A is for… Alphabet

At the Old Library in Trinity College, Dublin the public are granted access to the 65 metre-long Long Room. As with the British Library, Trinity College Library is a legal […]

No Words Required

Regents Park in the sunshine:. Yes, we had a sunny day in London on Sunday – at long last! Wordless Wednesday – on Wednesdays  all over the internet bloggers  post […]

Tower Bridge

Tower Bridge looks extra grandiose in black and white. . Part of Sonel’s Black and White Challenge: Bridges.

Bulgarian mural

Veliko Tarnovo (Велико Търново) is one of the oldest settlements in Bulgaria, dating back over five millennia. Traces of human presence dating from the 3rd millennium BC have been found there, it […]

Bicing in Black and White

  As with Barclays Bikes in London, Barcelona has Bicing Bikes to hire. Here they are, lined up and harmless – not so once they are hurtling down a path […]

Allies

Look at this companionable couple: “Allies”. F.D. Roosevelt and Churchill sit chatting on a bench in Bond Street, London in Lawrence Holofcener’s 1995 bronze sculpture, erected to mark 50 years […]

The Born Neighbourhood

El Born in Barcelona, is popular with tourists for its narrow streets, interesting and stylish independent shops, and great range of cafes, restaurants and bars. It is also still a […]

Huguenot Cemetery in Dublin

This small cemetery is situated on Merrion Row, very close to St Stephen’s Green.  It is not open to the public, but it is only small and can easily be […]