Three Inca masks at The British Museum
(via brucesterling)
The sea baths at Marstrandsön
Recently read - “Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory and the Conquest of Everest” by Wade Davis.
Pigeons roosting in Peckham Rye on a chilly November afternoon.
John Britton’s tombstone in West Norwood Cemetary. It’s modeled on the standing stones of Stonehenge. The names of two of his series of books are engraved on the sides of the base - ‘Architectural Antiquities’ (9 volumes) and ‘Cathedral Antiquities’ (14 volumes).
I found William Burges’ tomb hidden in the undergrowth of West Norwood Cemetary.
I just read Alan Moore’s “Voice of the Fire”, thoughts on it to come shortly.
(also pictured: baby shagfoal, aka. Foo Dogs)
We passed this house in Peckham as we walked back from the pub the other night. Different coloured lights were emanating from the all the windows - obviously a supervillain lair (or den of iniquity).
Dulwich Park on a January morning.
Currently reading - ‘War and Peace’ by Tolstoy. It seemed like a good choice for autumn.
I should really read some of these books…
That list in full:
Fiona MacCarthy “The Last Pre-Raphelite”, Carlo Ginzbug “The Cheese and the Worms”, Jon Catleugh “William de Morgan Tiles”, Douglas R Hofstadter “Godel, Escher, Bach”, Tom Zoellner “Uranium”, Philip Connors “Fire Season”, HH Scullard “From the Gracchi to Nero”, Ian Mortimer “The Time Traveller’s Guide to Medieval England”, Suetonius “The Twelve Caesars”, Caitlin Davies “Taking the Waters”, Kate Summerscale “The Suspicions of Mr Whicher”, Keith Thomas “Religion and the Decline of Magic”, Eric Hobsbawm “The Age of Capital”, Fernand Braudel “The Meditteranean”, Truman Capote “In Cold Blood”, Michael Lewis “The Blind Side”, Studs Terkel “Work”, Michael Moorcock “Wizardry and Wild Romance”, Maynard Solomon “Beethoven”, Vladimir Nabokov “Speak, Memory”, Samuel Johnson & James Boswell “Journals of the Western Isles”, Edwin Williamson “The Penguin History of Latin America”, Tony Judt “Post-War”, Robert Hughes “The Fatal Shore”, Rebecca West “Black Lamb & Grey Falcon”, TH White “The Goshawk”, Orlando Figes “Natasha’s Dance”, Fiona MacCarthy “Eric Gill”, Anthony Beevor “Stalingrad”, Barbara Demick “Nothing to Envy”, Flann O’Brien “The Best of Myles”, JG Ballard “Miracles of Life”, EP Thompson “The Making of the English Working Class”, Michel de Montaigne “The Essays”, Giles Milton “The Riddle and the Knight”, Tom Zoellner “The Heartless Stone”, George Orwell “The Road to Wigan Pier”, Jonathan Rabban “Passage to Juneau”, Greil Marcus “Mystery Train”, Philip Hoare “Leviathan”, Charles Nichol “The Reckoning”, John Reed “Ten Days that Shook the World”. Plus all those other books on the kindle…
I found these huge Arcimboldo-esque sculptures in the gardens of the Dulwich Picture Gallery.
I used to walk up and down the Grand Canal all the time. Frequently had a sit down next to Patrick.
Hotel Voltaire, Arles.
