Egyptian revival in Hackney
Hackney’s not nearly as bad as it was when I lived round there in the early 1980s, and in fact has become quite the place to see and be seen […]
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Guns ‘n’ roses at Haydarpasha Station
All the trains to everywhere on the Anatolian side of Turkey depart from this impressive Istanbul railway station, which was completed in 1908. It’s redolent of old world charm, Strangers […]
Gulf of Edremit
I was delighted to see the Gulf of Edremit highlighted in the movie Season of the Witch the other night. The setting bore no resemblance to the actual place I’d […]
BBC at the Ally Pally
Alexandra Palace near where I live in North London was where the first TV broadcasts were made in the 1930s. There was a short interlude when the nasty Nazis had […]
Segovia Aqueduct
This is the single most important Roman artefact in Spain, and is the symbol of Segovia. Many things in this world lay dubious claim to being awesome, but this one […]
I’m a winner!
I just found out that I won the Olympus SZ-31MR camera with my winning tip about the Italian Lakes for the Saturday Guardian –
Espana Square, Seville
This astonishing construction in Seville is actually a semicircle 200 metres in diameter with two huge stylised towers at each end, like the skeleton of a Roman amphitheatre but without […]
Turkish Gun in Horse Guards Parade
This magnificent gun was captured by the British after the siege of Alexandria during the Napoleonic Wars, in 1801, and has been here since it was transported to Horse Guards […]
El Greco and US Culture on Display in Toledo
This museum in the Jewish Quarter of Toledo was opened in 1911. Built in the 16th century and consisting of two buildings constructed around a courtyard, it exudes the exquisite […]
Cabbages and Kings
Well emperors in Croatia’s case. Diocletian, who finally decided that enough was enough and that the Roman Empire was simply too big for one man to manage, decided to split […]
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