One of the highlights of the summer was when Mister Mac, Nick, Wilcey and I spent a few days together in Rust-am-See, a quaint medieval town on the lake in Burgenland. The region is renowned for its wine and we…
DelOctober 2, 2016
Books I have begged, borrowed, stolen, bought, been given, enjoyed, reviewed, lust after ... I’m slightly obsessed with books. For practical purposes, I prefer to read novels on Kindle, but for everything else, you can’t beat a proper book with…
DelOctober 1, 2016
I'm on automatic pilot when it comes to taking a picture a day - it's become my visual diary. But we've changed the format to a monthly compilation rather than a daily post.
DelOctober 1, 2016
And to start the Bibliothek series, here’s a review of Mathematics, the wonderfully complex book by Peter Fraser Hon FRPS. I wrote this for September’s Capital Interest (the ezine from the London Region of the RPS) This book review was originally published…
DelOctober 1, 2016
I’ve been in a bit of a fog for the last six months. I still can’t believe that Chap has shuffled off the mortal coil and how it has hit me much harder than I thought it would. The language…
DelOctober 1, 2016
My new book, Blue Danube, will be released this October, more news on this book and future publications coming soon
DelSeptember 26, 2015
The City of Lanterns* Český Krumlov (CK) is a chocolate box, magical, medieval city in the Czech Republic, and I must admit, I’d never heard of it until it popped up in a newspaper article. A UNESCO world heritage site,…
DelSeptember 26, 2015
Am gradually filling in the backlog of the old blog - there hasn't been much time recently for sorting out pics, but I have taken at least one a day. Today's is an update on a piece of street art…
DelSeptember 3, 2013
Vienna seems to have been a bit late coming to the eternity padlock party (unless I've missed it), but it has just arrived with five padlocks on the Marienbrücke. Couples carve their initials into a padlock (or two padlocks intertwined)…
DelJuly 12, 2013
An analysis of stickers on posts. Although advertising stickers have been around for ages, these fabric ones held on with Velcro are definitely a new move in street decoration.
DelMay 24, 2013
You don't normally see people forraging in the recycling bins, which makes me wonder what he's doing. Desperate alcoholic seeking the dregs from all the bottles? Conscientious citizen retrieving the green bottle that he's accidentally thrown in the 'clear glass'…
DelMay 23, 2013
The beach is beginning to wake up for the summer. Hopefully not long now before those long balmy evenings are upon us. Less than a month until the longest day and rain stopped play an hour before sunset. Tripod remained…
DelMay 22, 2013