Bus stop at Burana, Kyrgyzstan, September 2022 Welcome to One Word Sunday, and over to all of you to join the challenge with your own stop post.To join the challenge, please use […]
Mosaic of an uprising, South Bank London, June 2020 It was quite eery discovering this piece of street art, on a day that the main sounds I heard were helicopters […]
As promised, here’s the answer to the mystery of the broken tiles I showed yesterday. This “Big Fish” is the Salmon of Knowledge, a character from Irish mythology. This […]
American tennis player Stan Smith endorsed the Adidas tennis show from 1973, with his portrait featuring on the tongue of many of the shoes. Adidas relaunched the Stan Smith shoe […]
“The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but its echo lasts a great deal longer.” Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr Linked to Life Imitates […]
Wealthy Romans had all mod cons beneath their feet: beautifully decorated floors and underfloor heating. St Albans in Hertfordshire is lucky enough to have some excellent Roman mosaics left by its former inhabitants, from […]
The detail of these small ceramic tiles needs to be seen up close to appreciate the detail. But they also need to be seen as a whole to understand their […]