journal

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

london

pier

a look at royal wharf pier, the longest pedestrian jetty or pier and the newest on the river thames

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venezia

having an early autumn break in one of my favourite cities in the world.

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distance

southbank

southbank <p style=“text-align: left;”>a short visit to the tate modern on friday after a very short haircut. i don’t mean the time i was at

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the rest

phillipe starck and the golden flame

philip starck and the golden flame <p>the area of <em>asakusa</em> in <em>tokyo</em> was once a fashionable entertainment and leisure area during the <em>edo</em> period and

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the rest

it’s been a while …

i haven’t gone, or died, … yet … in fact i’ve been very busy this past year with one thing and another including lots of

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france

pompidou panorama

there was a time when photography in art galleries was very strictly controlled and usually forbidden. with the widespread use of phone cameras these prohibitions have been largely abandoned.

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london

hackney walk

starting from stratford westfield shopping centre, then across the olympic grounds and over to the complex of waterways comprising the lea river basin, the hertford

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asia

kyoto international conference centre

located in the north west of kyoto, the kyoto international conference centre (国立京都国際会館) is an arresting and dramatic design, foregrounds a modernist approach to technique and

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toto seawind awaji island

awajishima | toto seawind resort awaji awaji island or awajishima is japan’s fifth largest island. traditionally a farming and fishing area, the greying population and increasing

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