Flanders fields, poppies and iconography
Of Flanders fields, poppies and iconography – something of a ramble, something of a rant and all inspired by the recent Armistice memorial events.
Tree all alight – a photo of the week
This tree all alight stands at the southern entrance to Gothenburg’s Liseberg amusement park. Or it did on 5th November 2014 when I took the picture.
The Gothenburg disco fire – 20 years on
The Gothenburg disco fire: the worst fire in recent Swedish history took place 20 years ago on the 29th October 1998: 63 died, over 200 were injured.
Reflected roots – photo of the week
Reflected roots and rather more. I originally published this autumnal photo on the GBG365 website on 31st October 2012.
Cook and Book – books and breakfast in Brussels
Cook and Book in Woluwe-Saint-Lambert: it’s a bookshop and a restaurant, a café and jazz venue. And did I mention it’s a bookshop?
Autumn work – a photo(shoot) of the week
Autumn work – autumn worker: clearing fallen leaves from under the ornamental trees near Chalmers Technical University’s Lindholmen campus on 16 Oct 2014.
The Phrenological Conformatory – a story
The Phrenological Conformatory turns out to be the invention of a hatter turned “practical phrenologist”, interviewed somewhere in Victorian England.
A photo catch-up in October Brussels
Back in Brussels for a photo catch-up and an attempt to round off my Brussels years, I don’t quite manage, but I do get a lot of pretty decent photos.
Flora, bicycle helmeted against the rain
Flora stands in the fountain on Flora’s hillock and the rain runs down her back, but some kind soul has given her a bicycle helmet to keep her hair dry.
The man (and the woman) from 3
A young woman talking on her mobile telephone walks in front of an advert for the mobile telephone company 3 painted street-art-style on the shutters of their shop on Kungsgatan in October 2013