Here’s the sky on the evening of Valentine’s Day.
Category: art
Nobel for Peebles
The Nobel Prize in physics has been awarded to these three. Continue reading “Nobel for Peebles”
Troy
A feminist re-telling of the Iliad in which the heroine is the captive Briseis, Continue reading “Troy”
Touches to Notre Dame
This seems to be the only picture I’ve made of Notre Dame, and it shows not much more than the spire that has now vanished.
A pairing of the brightest planets
Another spectacle for the pre-dawn sky, Continue reading “A pairing of the brightest planets”
Font verdict
Thank you, readers of this weblog, for your advice as to which Continue reading “Font verdict”
Snakes in the sky and in cages
Serpens the snake – the only constellation in two separated parts, head on the right or west, tail on the east – wriggles Continue reading “Snakes in the sky and in cages”
Eclipse over Lake and Tower
Sun Showers and Sunshine Floods
I often, beside the sea, used to gaze out at curtains of rain under clouds, like a skate under a foot.
Peter the Great on the banks of the Thames
Tsar Peter was uncommonly tall, but I didn’t know he was this much taller than me.
Continue reading “Peter the Great on the banks of the Thames”