Posted in Art, Creativity, Existential, Human Rights, Humor, Humour, Language, Mortality, Religion, Society, Travel on Feb 6th, 2009
Sorry, but this amused me.
The Guardian is running a competition to see what witty slogans readers can come up with as alternatives to the existing slogans on the Atheist Bus Advertising Campaign. Supporters of the original campaign, which had the slogan, “THERE’S PROBABLY NO GOD. NOW STOP WORRYING AND ENJOY YOUR LIFE.” could perhaps do with [...]
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Posted in Art, Creativity, Photography on Nov 30th, 2008
On a recent weekend break in Liverpool my wife and I stayed in a hotel near the waterfront and spent a lot of time ambling round the re-developed docks, especially relatively early in the morning where we breakfasted in one of the cafés there. The Liverpool Tate is housed in some of the old warehouses [...]
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Poetry, like prostitution, has been around for thousands of year (though I’d be willing to bet that prostitution was probably there first). And both will continue for thousands more, despite the best efforts of zealots to promote it (as in the case of poetry) or stop it (as in the case of prostitution). However, whereas the [...]
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Posted in Art, Creativity, Photography, Travel on Nov 3rd, 2008
On a recent visit to Liverpool my wife and I couldn’t but help notice that there were a lot of new shops and offices being built. If you walk from the docks to the city centre it is hard not to get the impression that you are walking on a nice new path through a [...]
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Posted in Art, Photography, Travel on Apr 29th, 2008
Initially I thought I would have to bin it, but after about 30 minutes work I think I finally managed to salvage something.
The John the Baptist Baptistry in Florence (Il Battistero di San Giovanni) is thought to be one of the oldest buildings in Florence. It stands in the Piazza del Duomo, just to [...]
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Posted in Art, Uncategorized on Mar 30th, 2008
You could say it was all about underwear, but that would be being too simplistic - not least because it was only the women who were undressed.
On Friday my wife and I trundled down to London to see a show. Following the principle of “Now that the kids have flown, let’s get some life [...]
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“What’s right for me is compulsory for you!” At least, that’s what it is beginning to feel like. It seems that some Muslims are trying to insist that their views are given way to when they come into contact with another viewpoint. There doesn’t seem to be much room for accommodation to [...]
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In 2001 journalist Åsne Seierstad arrived in Kabul. One of the first people she met was a bookseller. She was fascinated by his stories about his battles with the different regimes and their censors, how he hid books from the police and lent them out to others. Over the weeks she got to [...]
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The Courtyard of a House in Delft by Pieter de Hooch, 1629-1684
They do say that good art hits a nerve - it tingles the mind and moves the heart. This picture means a lot to me. I stumbled across it in a small, slightly darkened room, in the London’s National Gallery. There [...]
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