Literary photos
Literary photos, including John Betjeman at St Pancras and Sherlock Holmes on the tiles at Baker Street, from my recent visit to England.
Stops and Stories
A travel blog about Stops and Stories. Read TheSupercargo’s Travel Blog for more detail or scroll down.
March already
March already: a belated blog update on life in Brussels in bureaucracy, health and sickness – with an interesting fact about Belgian cough medicine.
Meeting January in Brussels
Meeting January in Brussels – an update to the website describing our geographical relocation and demonstrating good intentions to update monthly in 2015.
En français – How helpful is phrasebook French
We investigate some of the language problems an English traveller may run into when trying to speak le français with the dubious aid of a phrase book.
Half full or half empty?
A meditation on the question: Are you a half full or a half empty kinda guy? Why it’s not so easy to answer. Includes a digression on Bulgarian measures.
The state of the art, or What I did on my hols
The state of the art of storytelling in Britain today- snapshots from my recent visit catching-up with my family in Northamptonshire.
Ten Things in a Public Swimmingpool
Ten things that can upset your pleasure when you are swimming in a public swimmingpool.
Midwinter solstice
Midwinter solstice – a series of 4 photos taken roughly every 2 hours to illustrate how short a winter’s day can be at this latitude.
A Letter from Sweden
This is my second voice recording in the series “Letters from Northern Lands”. This episode visits Swedish Midsummer, the recent Royal Wedding in Stockholm and the way the Swedish media has reported it, and considers whether Sweden is a monarchy or really a closet republic.
An early morning in early spring
Early morning, early spring: A gallery of early spring photos I took recently in and around my home in Gothenburg. The beech trees are leafing!