Tuesday, 16 May 2023
East Tilbury, the Bata Legacy in Essex
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A trip to Essex is a rare event so we took the opportunity to take a c2c (owned by Trenitalia) train from Barking to East Tilbury where Bata...
Thursday, 11 May 2023
Bruce McCall (1935-2023)
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I’ve been a fan of Bruce McCall’s illustrations since I first saw his parodies of Streamline Moderne in the pages of National Lampoon (see ...
Wednesday, 26 April 2023
Off the Shelf - The Airship in Animal Land
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This is the second collaboration between the children’s author, Clifton Bingham and the illustrator, G H Thompson to be featured here. A pre...
Monday, 17 April 2023
Chalk Figures
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England has a sizeable collection of chalk figures incised on the nation’s hillsides. Born of the enduring desire to leave a mark on the l...
Wednesday, 5 April 2023
Tibidabo, Barcelona
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Tibidabo is a 500 meter hill overlooking Barcelona. With the example of Sacré Coeur in Paris in mind and the encouragement of Pope Leo XIII...
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