Category Archives: architecture

British hotels: Midlands, North and eventually, South


It’s a while since I shared travel tales but in the latter part of this year I traversed the length of England. Dear reader, please sit back and enjoy the narrative for at best I may raise a smile and … Continue reading

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Costa del Wick: meadows, marshes and meanders.


A hen party nailed it. Enforced listening to fifteen twenty-something women singing Bohemian Rhapsody at un-rhapsodic volume just fifty yards from our bedroom was not making us happy; the fifth rendition at 5am broke our will to live … there. … Continue reading

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Frames, facades, finials and flourishes: how buildings tell stories.


I have a window fetish. There, I’ve said it. Mullions or muntins* of different widths make my hair stand on end; they let the building down, its facade a jumble. Simply put, both God and the Devil are in the detail … Continue reading

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