Gallery: seeing Trieste in black and white
The Irish author James Joyce lived for many years in the city of Trieste, from 1904-1920 (with a spell in Zurich during WW1). During those last years of the city's Austro-Hungarian glory it was...
View ArticleGallery: bridges over troubled (and untroubled) waters
A favourite song from one of my favourite song writers opens this post about bridges. The symbolism of a ‘bridge over troubled water’ speaks to us all. Whether a literal bridge helping us to cross a...
View ArticleGallery: urban landscapes in black and white
Cityscapes have a strong appeal to the photographer in many of us, and perhaps especially if we like to work in monochrome. Strong architectural lines, contrasting materials and interesting shapes,...
View ArticleGallery: yellow ochre
Bright, cheerful, serene, warm, comforting … Words that capture the appeal of the colour yellow. And in this particularly hot Northern Hemisphere summer it’s good to be reminded of the positive...
View ArticleLuminescence in Westminster Cathedral
Every first-time visitor to London, I suspect, has Westminster Abbey high on their must-see list. Fewer however make a point of visiting nearby Westminster Cathedral, the city’s central Roman Catholic...
View ArticleA history walk in Hull’s old town
If you look at a map of England you will see that Hull, or Kingston upon Hull to give it its proper name, is rather out on a limb. Lying on the Humber Estuary its location so close to the sea has...
View ArticleExploring Port Sunlight: a visionary idea
In 1888 William Hesketh Lever, owner of the Sunlight Soap factory on England’s Wirral Peninsula, founded a village to house his workers. He based it on some innovative principles for his time (and...
View ArticleAnother side (or sides) to Pest
One morning in Budapest we spent wandering the city’s Jewish Quarter. In the early 2000s this area underwent a revival, with the famous ruin bars springing up in courtyards of buildings slated for...
View ArticleWanderings in Pest
While we enjoyed exploring Buda, and loved the views of the Danube and Pest beyond, it was the latter that we spent the most time in. We stayed there, we ate and drank there, we visited museums and we...
View ArticleA walk around Buda
Budapest is a city of two halves; so much so that it was once two cities, Buda and Pest, separated by the River Danube. Although now united as one, each has its own characteristics. Buda is hilly, with...
View ArticleExploring Galle Fort
Galle Fort is not only, as the name suggests, a fortification; it holds within its ramparts a beautifully preserved/restored colonial town. The town was founded by the Portuguese, then extensively...
View ArticleGallery: an April selection (2026)
While May has been green this year, we haven’t always had spring-like weather; quite the contrary! Some days have felt as chilly as a mild day in winter, while towards the end of the month we had a...
View ArticleGallery: seeing Hull in black and white
Hull has had something of a poor reputation in England in recent years, but that seems to be changing. A city voted the ‘worst place to live in the UK’ in 2005 became the country’s City of Culture in...
View ArticleA postcard from Hull: welcome to Hullywood
While significant parts of Hull were bombed during WWII, and many lives tragically lost, its Old Town survived and has been well preserved. The historic buildings and cobbled streets make it an ideal...
View ArticleGallery: customise your three-wheeler!
These simple, practical vehicles are ubiquitous in Sri Lanka, as they are in many other countries in the world. While tourists tend to refer to them as tuk-tuks, to the locals they are usually known as...
View ArticleGallery: an April selection (2026)
We have had plenty of sunny days this past April; however quite often the warm sun was tempered by a fresh wind. But we have also had some almost summer-like days; indeed, on one day quite early in the...
View ArticleSome more sights around Jaffna
If Sri Lanka is tear-shaped, Jaffna can be said to lie at the upper point of that tear, just as it starts to fall from the eye. Appropriate perhaps for a region that has seen more than its share of...
View ArticleA postcard from Budapest: the lions on the Chain Bridge
The four stone lions that guard the entrances to the Chain Bridge in Budapest are very like the bronze ones in London's Trafalgar Square. There are several legends attached to them. One legend tells...
View ArticleColours and sights of Jaffna
For many years the northern region of Sri Lanka was the stronghold of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, usually abbreviated to LTTE and better known as the Tamil Tigers. But when the civil war...
View ArticleAlong the Regents Canal
The Regents Canal links the Grand Union Canal in Paddington with the Thames in east London, via the Limehouse Basin. It is 8.6 miles (13.8 kilometres) long and like most canals has a towpath. These...
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