Monthly Archives: March 2014

Kovecses: Pips Schey – Edmund de Waal – Patrick Leigh Fermor

One of the most significant of the characters that inhabit Paddy’s pre-war world is Baron Philipps (Pips) von Schey.  Paddy’s stay with Pips at the Schey country house at Kovecses enlivens the later pages of A Time of Gifts. This … Continue reading

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Ceres wrapped

Ceres is the largest object in the asteroid belt, which lies between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. It is a ball of rock and ice 950 km in diameter, containing a third of the mass of the asteroid belt. … Continue reading

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Cafe life

The illusion and the reality of cafe life. I’m reading The Hare With Amber Eyes, by Edmund de Waal.  His descriptions of late 19th century cafe life in Vienna shows there is nothing new in using the cafe as a … Continue reading

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Urban Art

Make-up as urban art. Photo: Oxford Circus, London Underground, February 2014

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Only in England

I saw the Tony Ray-Jones – Martin Parr exbibition last week.  Exemplary.  I’ve written about it for Roy Hammans Weeping Ash web site.  Extract below. “But what of the subject matter, what is the work, especially by Ray-Jones, all about? … Continue reading

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Green protector

Photo: Meridian Golf Club, Comberton, Cambs, February 2014

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Cottages

U3A walk round Comberton and Toft.  Sometimes it’s relaxing to capture nice, corny picturesque views. Photo: Toft, Cambs, February 2014

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A trace

A break in the farmed landscape signifying what?  An airstrip maybe.  Who uses it and for what? Photo: Comberton – Toft, Cambs, February 2014

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