Alfred Jarry (1873 – 1907) was a French writer known best for his play “Ubu Roi” and his creation of the term pataphysics, a concept in which every event in the universe […]
Hex colour ref: c364c5 A colourful note: fuchsia is a purplish-pink colour named after the plant of the same name. The plant was discovered in the late 17th century and was named […]
– Over to all of you to join the one word challenge with your own grandiose post, or with a post based on any single word that takes your fancy. I’m off […]
Before the Canary Wharf that we see today, this area was one of the busiest docks in the world. The first dock in East London opened in the 1690s and […]
. Hex colour reference: #8f509d A colourful note: vivid violet appeared as a new Crayola shade in 1997, a vary busy year for crayons. The company introduced a fair number of new […]
This Horseman of the Apocalypse, by street artist Fanakapan, decorates the walls of a now closed bar on Rivington Street, Shoreditch. Hex colour reference: #cda4de A colourful note: the light lavender […]
