Little Shubunkin
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The most important invention in your lifetime is… From a personal perspective, I would say digital photography. It has been a great source of joy for me, and I believe it has helped me with my mental health. I now have a collection of 123,000 photos, many are fairly ordinary, but some I’m really pleased…
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Here’s a pair of inveterate travellers. In 2015, we went to Germany to see the musical, Starlight Express. On the way home, we spent a day in Utrecht in the Netherlands. It was meant to be just a break in the journey. But we fell in love with the place. There’s lots of historic interest,…
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Years ago, when I motorcycled to the south of France or Spain, I would encounter a huge canyon en route. It was the Gorge du Tarn.In 2004, they opened a viaduct over the Tarn River, near the town of Millau. It is known as the Viaduc de Millau. The viaduct saves a lot of traffic…
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Some street art spotted in a car park in Glasgow, Scotland. One from the archive.
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How do significant life events or the passage of time influence your perspective on life? I believe very strongly that what we think, what we know (or think we know}, what we believe all conditions the way that we perceive the world and interact with it. So, if you have a sunny, optimistic and positive…
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Antoni Gaudi has a very strange homeMade from bees’ wax, treacle and foamHis church, they say, is even more sillyMade from conch shells, egg whites and chilli
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Toulouse-Lautrec has a very big oeuvreSome which is kept in the LouvreAnd all the paintings he never didAre stored in a little glass pyramid
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Vincent van Gogh is never that dourWhen painting sunshine, starlight or flowerBut pictures of ravens fleeing their nestSadly, precedes a shot in the chest
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Something on your “to-do list” that never gets done. I’ve been procrastinating. I have Type-2 diabetes. I take a medication called Metformin for it. However, it can be reversed if I lose a significant amount of weight. It can be done, and consuming fewer carbs is a good starting point. I recently lost seven pounds…
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Maná are great. I love this song. It’s based on a true story, rather sad, but a great song…
