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" Animals on Bikes " is a 120-km sculpture trail with 45 sculptures in Australia. This photo appeared in the online Guardian today...

In September (when I started this post) the Guardian online showed some gorgeously romantic aerial views of New York - this is one of them....

Ah, the National Film Board - a grand Canadian institution - watch its films and animations online here . " A Chairy Tale " is a c...

With more snow predicted in the UK, an "igloo village" seems apropos. It's called Kakslauttanen - and it's in Lapland. Thi...

If you're travelling on the London underground and see someone hunched over a small sketchbook, pointlessly drawing line after line - th...

The year was 1996, the place was Central St Martins School of Art - the evening illustration course. The first week's homework, "On...

Tyneham in Dorset is now a ghost village. Six days before Christmas in 1943 the villagers were given a month to pack up and leave their home...

The quest for new glasses for my difficult eyes led, of course, to a visit to the optician's, where this space-alien instrument for fitt...

Spotted at Queens Park Bookshop - and at Mall Galleries - and in City Lit library - At the moment I'm reading " On landscapes ...

The day started well with a discussion about Jane's gloves while waiting for the elevator. In the sculpture room, the usual sculpture-ma...

Winner of the Plant Portraits category of the RHS Photo Competition is Tony Wallis . The photo (so beautiful!) was taken in the lily-pond gr...

Some "corners" came out of the kiln - with additions of hardware - mainly nails - and sometimes other embellishments - Those had b...