Arts
So, Where Are You From?
People research their family trees for all sorts of reasons. Where did I come from? (perfectly respectable to ask one’s self!).What sort of people were my forebears? what jobs did they do? Are there any [more…]
Culture
Arts
A Postcard From India; Gandhi, His Politics, The People
As I’ve said before during this series of posts, following my recent trip to The Sub Continent, India is a land of often stark contrasts. Its population (official figure) is approaching 1.5 billion people, nobody [more…]
20th Century
Letter from Stafford, Two
Wayne stopped by last night to tell me his interwebs had been cut off for being in arrears, and he wanted to use mine to download some documents from his barrister regarding child custody. He’s [more…]
Arts
A Postcard From India; Goa
Another long day of travelling, including two longish taxi rides and two internal flights, via Hyderabad, saw us arrive in Cavelossim. The journey to the airport in Goa, through the last of the “rush hour” [more…]
Arts
A Postcard From India; Kerala
And so to Kerala. It’s over 1,600 miles between Delhi airport and Cochin International Airport, but, thanks to the miracle of air travel, once you discount the bureaucracy and chaos of Indian airports, the journey [more…]
Arts
Silent Night (Stille-Nacht-Kapelle)
The Silent Night Chapel (Stille-Nacht-Kapelle) is located in the town of Oberndorf bei Salzburg in the Austrian province of Salzburg, and is a monument to the Christmas carol Silent Night and its librettist, Joseph Mohr [more…]
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A Postcard From India; Road Trip Part 2- Karauli, Bharatpur, Agra, Delhi
Following a long drive from Jaipur, through small towns and vast open countryside, complete with a break at one of the roadside “Hotels”, we arrived at Bhanwar Vilas Palace which is now, in part a [more…]
Arts
Les Fogueres De Sant Joan De Alicante
The history of burning offerings before the summer solstice can be traced back to prehistoric times. It is part cleansing and part preparation for the coming harvest. At some time in recent history it became [more…]
Arts
A Postcard From India; Road Trip Part 1; Delhi-Jaipur-Karauli
I don’t know this for a fact, but I’m pretty sure whatever time you might choose to leave the environs of Delhi, unless it’s in the dead of night, the traffic on the main roads [more…]