“I Think Images Are Worth Repeating”*

31Aug09

I don’t remember there being a stand at my school’s careers evening explaining the advantages of working in the world of art dealing, which is a shame because I could have ended up living in a house like this. Which isn’t to say I’m not happy but boy this is a lovely lovely house – […]

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Tags: Andy Warhol, Cologne Cathedral, Lemon, Narborough Hall, Robert Sandleson, VW

Mare Ditat Pinusque Decorat*

19Aug09

Staying in the county today with a lovely (but hot) afternoon in Sheringham “twixt sea and pine”. * Which apparently translates as ‘The sea enriches and the pine adorns’, a phrase used in the 1900s with the advent of the railway to promote Sheringam as a holiday destination, and hence ‘twixt sea and pine’.

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Tags: Beach, Seaside, Sheringham

The Capital Of The Fens

19Aug09

I’m not one to dismiss somewhere easily but boy Wisbech doesn’t have many redeeming features does it ? Given that it’s brought us such historical luminaries as William Godwin, Thomas Clarkson, Octavia Hill and the Rev. W Awdrey it seems such a shame that it’s become so devoid of charm. That said there are at […]

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Tags: Elgoods Brewery, Maze, National Trust, Octavia Hill, Peckover House, Rev. W Awdrey, Thomas Clarkson, William Godwin, Wisbech

Silver Linings

17Aug09

A Sunday afternoon spent in the quintessentially English pursuit of discussing the weather. We travelled to Tattershall Castle in the heart of Lincolnshire to attend a Cloud Appreciation Society event, where Ian Loxley (the Photo Gallery Editor for the Society) was to take ‘us on an informal tour of the afternoon sky’. Rather perversely (given […]

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Tags: Cloud Appreciation Society, Clouds, Ian Loxley, Spitfire, Tattershall Castle

New York, New York

17Aug09

We’re off for a week so we decided to proceed the five days away from work with a whistle stop trip to the Big Apple.

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Cambridge Utd 0 Charlton Athletic 1

12Aug09

Yesterday was a great day. My nephew has been playing football for Cambridge Utd for a few months now, having been ‘scouted’ at a local football tournament. He loves football, currently it’s his entire world. So yesterday was a highlight for him (and me) as he’d moved up to the top level for his age […]

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Tags: Cambridge United, Charlton Athletic, Nephew

Down

06Aug09

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Head In The Clouds

03Aug09

We’re off work for a week, in a fortnight or so, and the first thing planned is a cloud spotting event on Sunday 16th August at the National Trust’s Tattershall Castle with Ian Loxley of the Cloud Appreciation Society. Ian Loxley is known for his many fine cloud based photographs including the legendary ‘Cumulopiggussextoleggus’. Lincolnshire […]

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Tags: Anderby Creek, Cloud Appreciation Society, Cloud Bar, Clouds, Ian Loxley, John Shuttleworth, Lincolnshire, Louth, National Trust, Observer, Robert Wyatt, Tattershall Castle