28 March 2015

MAMCO, Geneva

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The Musée d'art moderne et contemporain, MAMCO, is to be found in the Bains district of Geneva, Switzerland. In the main th...
05 March 2015

Royal Mail Special Stamps - Bridges

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On 5 March 2015 Royal Mail published a set of special stamps, on the subject of UK bridges. The design of ...
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04 March 2015

Karan Anne Porter

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Thursday 4 March 1965 to Wednesday 4 February 2009. Photograph: with Belinda Ramsden, Fulham, 1990.
27 February 2015

Arākī in Amsterdam

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An exhibition of work by Nobuyoshi Araki, the prolific Japanese photographer famous for his images of kinbaku, at Foam, the Foto...
21 February 2015

Hill Close Gardens, Warwick

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A survivor from the early Victorian period, Hill Close Gardens is an inter-linked group of partitioned leisure gardens that run up the h...
31 January 2015

Newport - Transporter Bridge

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Newport Transporter Bridge is one of only 19 such bridges ever built to completion, worldwide (counting on...

Newport - College of Art

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In 1899 Lord Tredegar sold the land of Clarence Place, Newport, Gwent, to enable construction of the Newp...
30 January 2015

Newport - West Usk Lighthouse

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West Usk Lighthouse was built in 1821 by James Walker, a Scottish civil engineer who went on to build a further 21 lighthouses. Grade II...
01 January 2015

The Pencil of Nature

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The prescription is to take one per day. One photograph of the natural world, taken within the curtilage of the home of youngmangonewest, ea...
25 December 2014

Shrewsbury Canal - Wappenshall Junction

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Opened in 1796, the Shrewsbury Canal, constructed by Josiah Clowes and, later, Thomas Telford, linked Shrewsbury and Trench. Here an in...

Shrewsbury Canal - Longdon Aqueduct

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The Shrewsbury Canal is at Longdon carried over the River Tern, a tributary of the Severn, by means of a cast iron aqueduct - possibly t...
03 December 2014

Berkhampsted Castle

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Berkhampsted is arguably the most important of the early Norman castles: it was here that William the Conqueror received the submission ...
20 November 2014

Headstone Tithe Barn

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Headstone is a moated manor house, built circa 1310, that was once the home of the Archbishop of Canterbury, surrendered to Henry VIII...
28 October 2014

The Lady of the North

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Northumberlandia , otherwise known, by those familiar with Viz , as the Fat Slag , is an immense land sculpture near Cramlington, north of N...
26 October 2014

The Angel of the North

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Located in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, The Angel of the North , designed by Antony Gormley , is the largest ...
20 October 2014

Plotlander Arcadia, Farndon

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The Dugout was built in the 1930s, along with many of the cabins and huts alongside the River Dee at Farndon, near Chester. The plotlanders,...
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08 October 2014

Neon Dreams

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This vintage neon advertising sign came from a radio and television retailer and rental shop in Leeds. House and Sons is understood to have ...
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27 September 2014

Kuwait - Kuwait Tower

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Although referred to in the singular, Kuwait Tower is a group of three towers, built as part of a city-wid...

Kuwait - The Souqs

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There are numerous souqs in the capital of Kuwait. All are proper markets, geared to the demands of the locals. Istanbul Grand Bazaar-l...
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