Drama with Achilles
Achilles in Hyde Park, London “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery” Copyright Debbie Smyth, 23 March 2022 Posted as part of Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge …
Sometimes her highness’s finger goes missing
Queen Victoria by J H Swynnerton, Southend-on-Sea, 2022 Now over […]
Oddly blue
Edinburgh, 2021 – Copyright Debbie Smyth, 16 February 2022 Posted as part of Becky’s SquareOdds and Marsha’s PPAC challenge …
Looking longingly towards the rising sun
John Donne outside St Paul’s Cathedral, London, May 2021 This statue of Donne was erected in 2012. He clearly turns towards the East, away from St Paul’s and towards his […]
Bright ribbons
Dancing with ribbons on Oxford Street, London, March 2021 Bourne & Hollingsworth was a large department store in an 1894 building on Oxford Street. It was remodelled in the late 1920s in […]
Picnic time
Picnics are extremely popular in England at the moment, despite the changeable weather – relaxing of lockdown means that picnics are now allowed. And this couple were making the most […]
Admiring the view
Stockholm, April 2015 Copyright Debbie Smyth, 26 February 2021 Posted as part of Weekend B&W …
Salvation of a statue with a story
This statue was maliciously decapitated in 2016 by some not-so-merry locals, who felt that wrestling with a Victorian statue made good nighttime entertainment. The next morning, the head and shoulders […]
Body
Angel of the North, Gateshead, August 2020 – Welcome to One Word Sunday, and over to all of you to join the challenge with your own body post.To join the challenge, please […]
Erasmus in green
This green Erasmus is a faithful copy of the bronze statue of Desiderius Erasmus by Dutch sculptor Hendrick de Keyser, that first stood in the Grote Markt in 1622. You […]
Singin’ and dancing’ in the rain
Gene Kelly in Leicester Square, London, August 2020 This statue in Leicester Square remembers Gene Kelly, the director, choreographer and performer of Singing’ in the Rain. The people behind the set […]
Travel with Intent 