Category Archives: Film

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Mining the Diaries 48: Turkey 2002

Posted on August 10, 2023 by Brian

The Round House, Omer’s Houses, Dalyan, 4th July A trip to Koycegiz, which is about 30km upstream from here at the end of Koycegiz Lake, Turkey’s deepest lake and reputedly visited by over 150 species of birds.  It’s an ordinary … Continue reading →

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Mining the Diaries 47: Spain 2002

Posted on August 8, 2023 by Brian

Palacio Castellano, Salamanca, 6th May 2002 A rather chaotic start to the day: several groups were leaving, so they were all down together for an early breakfast and we had to share tables – not at all a British thing … Continue reading →

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Mining the Diaries 46: Albania

Posted on August 1, 2023 by Brian

Saranda – Butrint 10th July 2001 To Albania, by the ‘Flying Dolphin’ Sant II from Corfu town – so near and so far. Saranda, a dusty, sun-bleached little port (named for the 40 saints who were supposed to live nearby) … Continue reading →

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Mining the Diaries 45: Greece 2001

Posted on July 31, 2023 by Brian

Dinos, Kaminaki, Corfu 2nd July 2001 Today was planned as a ‘lazy day’, and that’s pretty much how it turned out: a day of reading (I finished Prospero’s Cell), swimming, lounging, eating, a bit of walking – crucially, no driving. … Continue reading →

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Mining the Diaries 44: Italy 2001

Posted on July 30, 2023 by Brian

Piano Rialzato, Fondamenta Gheradini, Venice, 12th -13th March 2001 Venice was enveloped in mist; La Serenissima looked forlorn and faded; boats sounded mournful warnings and bells tolled out of invisible campaniles. It was graduation time at Foscari University and along … Continue reading →

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Mining the Diaries 43: Egypt 2000

Posted on July 23, 2023 by Brian

The Sheraton, Cairo, Egypt, 3rd October 2000 Off by coach to the Egyptian Museum (the one that has Tutankhamen’s gold  mask).  Noisy and chaotic streets; half-finished buildings and grimy tenements; decay and poverty above the bustle of business. Museum crowded: … Continue reading →

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Mining the Diaries 42: Italy 2000

Posted on July 20, 2023 by Brian

Piano Rialzato, Fondamenta Gheradini, Venice, 4th May 2000 The number 1 vaporetto growled its way up to Ca’ Rezzonico and nudged its way in with the grinding of reversing engines and a bump; the boatman twisted the mooring rope around … Continue reading →

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Mining the Diaries 41: North Cyprus 1999

Posted on July 15, 2023 by Brian

Dome Hotel, Kyrenia, 15th November 1999 It was Independence Day, a celebration of the declaration of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus in 1975.  Martial music played around Ataturk’s statue; and three flag-decked naval patrol boats lay nodding gently off … Continue reading →

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Cape Artemisium God

Posted on July 14, 2023 by Brian

‘Zeus or Poseidon. The question is, did it hold the three-pronged spear or trident of the god of the sea, Poseidon, or is it throwing a thunderbolt like Zeus, the king of heaven? Zeus appears in a similar pose in … Continue reading →

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St David’s Scrap Book June 2023

Posted on July 8, 2023 by Brian

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Trieste Scrapbook May 2023

Posted on June 25, 2023 by Brian
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Mining the Diaries 38: Morocco

Posted on June 9, 2023 by Brian

Hotel Es Saadi, Marrakech, 19th October 1998 Breakfast on the terrace down by the pool.  The cheery woman behind the counter stopped making crepes and fried eggs for us in a pan over a burner, the gas bottles were polished … Continue reading →

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Double Exposures

Posted on June 8, 2023 by Brian

Readers who know a bit about photography (and maybe some who don’t) will have realised that the photographs I used in the Traces of Erewhon book project were made using double exposures (see post 19th January 2023).  The images were … Continue reading →

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Mining the Diaries 37: Cuba 1998

Posted on June 7, 2023 by Brian

Las Cuatros Palmas, Varadero, 10th May 1998 Awake early, I look out from my balcony across the palms and thatched roofs to the silent sea and a sharply defined horizon under plumbago sky.  Scores of dark amber dragonflies describe circles, … Continue reading →

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Mining the Diaries 36: France

Posted on June 4, 2023 by Brian

Le Pre Fleuri, Corlu, 5th April 1998 A solitary swallow skimmed over the farm as we set out on a circular tour – Delville Wood, Pozieres, Contalmaison and Mametz Wood.  Near Combles a line of beaters tramped across the fields … Continue reading →

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