The January doldrums. We’ve mainly been making marmalade and watching TV. So this week’s postcard is in honour of Homeland, which is helping to pass the long hours until Game of Thrones returns.
When I visited Leeds Castle, many Januaries ago, we got lost in the maze and missed the last bus back to the station.
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Leeds Castle, Maidstone, Kent
The Maze designed by Adrian Fisher
This brilliant image expresses the circadian confusion of my jet lag.
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M.C. Escher ® (1898-1972) / Day and Night, 1938 / Woodcut / © 1938 M.C. Escher Foundation-Baarn-Holland / All rights reserved
No need for postcards over the past couple of weeks as I sent myself to the States instead. This one was purchased at the Smithsonian store at Dulles Airport on the way back to London.
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Washington, D.C. The Capitol with cherry blossom trees in bloom.
Last week we celebrated the festive season at the Dovetail Belgian bar in Clerkenwell with heaps of roast potatoes washed down with lashings of Chimay.
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Alfons Mucha: Bières de la Meuse, c. 1897
Peissenberg, Artothek
This week’s postcard metaphor: Little Man Pee pisses on Brussels.
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BRUXELLES: Manneken Pis
BRUSSEL: Manneken Pis
BRUSSELS: Manneken Pis
On Saturday we made our annual pilgrimmage to the Arsenal shop at Emirates for presents for Chris. It gets more challenging each year, as he already has the toothbrush and the cat-food bowl.
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TM (C) (2010). The Arsenal Football Club PLC
We were on the South Bank this weekend, searching for Christmas presents.
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THORNBACK & PEEL
STUDIO W11
COCKPIT ARTS
COCKPIT YARD
NORTHINGTON ST
LONDON. WC1N 2NP
020 72427478
Harpenden. Lots of pubs. Not a lot of postcards.
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The Cross Keys.
The Old Cock Inn.
The White Horse.
The Silver Cup.
Harpenden, Hertfordshire.
Photographs by Tony Cowham
It’s been a damp and dreary week. I love this photo - never has damp and dreary looked so good. It reminds me of a poem in an anthology I had when I was little:
I like the town on rainy nights
When everything is wet -
When all the town has magic lights
And streets of shining jet!
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Exposition: New York et l’Art moderne, Alfred Stieglitz et son cercle, 1905-1930
Musée d’Orsay, Paris. Octobre 2004-Janvier 2005.
EDWARD J. STEICHEN (1879-1973)
The Flat Iron, 1904
Épreuve à la gomme bichromatée bleu-vert sur papier préparé au palladium / 25,2 x 32,1 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
© Photo The Metropolitan Museum of Art
© Permission of Joanna T. Steichen / Carousel, 2004
© R.M.N., Paris 2004
Over the weekend we went to a wedding in Derry. We didn’t have time for culture, but we ate, drank and were merry.
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Derry-Londonderry has made history after winning its bid to be the first ever UK City of Culture in 2013. The momentous win means that in 2013 Derry-Londonderry will play host to a year-long celebration of culture in the city, opening its doors to visitors from across the world. The old walled city lies on the west bank of the River Foyle, and the present city now covers both banks (Cityside to the west and Waterside to the east) and is connected by two bridges.