It’s good to see the School we knew?
Day out to Clifton College, Bristol, my first time back there for 45 years or so.
London from the air
East Croydon, note the Twin Towers in construction close to the railway station
Thames Barrier and London City airport
Photos from a cabin window of flight BA0353 arriving at London Heathrow
« Frexit »
Yes the word « Frexit » exists in French and is out on posters in Marseille. Viewed as a fringe option at the moment but the same was said about Brexit before the word became pervasive in English political discourse.
Écrins - Savoie Alps - Vercors
Snow on the peaks of the Écrins and Dévoluy, view from Sanctuaire de Notre-Dame de la Salette (1769 m.)
Breakfast in the Écrins, lunch with the Alps, tea in the Vercors and dinner in Marseille.
First light on the Obiou (2790 m.) in the Dévoluy massif.
Le Dévoluy
Crossroads just down from Col de Festre (1442m.)
A brilliant afternoon riding the Col de Festre (1442 m.), Le Dévoluy and Gorge of the Souloise. Dévoluy is a short side trip off the Route Napoléon and well worth the detour if you have the time.
Comparing Zierfandler from Gumpoldskirchen with Grüner Veltliner from Traisental
Two fine Austrian white wines: Zierfandler 2015 trocken, Winzergenossenschaft Gumpoldskirchen with Grüner Veltliner 2017, Domaine Huber, Traisental. Comparing a forward-thinking bottle of Zierfandler from Gumpoldskirchen with a classic Grüner Veltliner from Traisental.
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Ouse Valley, Sussex High Weald
My spring bimble from Balcombe to Haywards Heath via the valley of the Sussex Ouse, with its famous railway viaduct on the London to Brighton mainline.
“Wish Me Luck” France shoot - 1988
Photos from the location shoot for the London Weekend Television drama “Wish Me Luck” in September and October 1988.
Them/Us - BalletBoyz at Sadlers Wells
The medium of abstract dance communicates emotions and ideas but without words, along with the grace and power of the human body working to its maximum. There’s a parallel with idea-based art: as a non-verbal language, dance has the capacity to communicate with us directly at a lower level than our verbal skills. It sometimes takes time for the full realisation to sink in, and the language of dance is the more powerful and direct because of this.
