journal

updated (with a bit of luck) weekly - most recent entries at the top
asia

new japan photos

recently … just spent a month in what should normally have been ‘rainy season’ japan. however, as most of us now recognize; climatically, there aren’t

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11th July 2024 No Comments
the rest

greenway

walking east london greenway — ‘twixt plaistow and stratford one of the great pleasures of living in london is walking.the city is criss-crossed with urban pathways through

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29th May 2024 No Comments
europe

farringdon

summer in the city (hot town) So, you thought i’d died, not really … just a hiatus. some personal stuff i won’t bore you with here, but i’ve

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21st May 2024 No Comments
london

haunted by postmodernism

kindergarten wolfartsweier architects: tomi ungerer and ayla suzan yöndel memphis studios interior ettore sottsass and others is po-mo now retro? recently visited charles jencks’ residence; the cosmic

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8th November 2023 No Comments
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a distant blur

and now, it all seems a distant blur mayfair; one of the poshest boroughs in london. it was here that former chairman of the conservative party

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8th September 2023 No Comments
asia

naoshima (yes, again)

naoshima | yes, again when i first visited naoshima in a mild january in 2003, although you would immediately recognise the house benesse resort

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6th September 2023 No Comments