TweetBeautiful images from this year’s World Tango Dance Championships in Argentina. Gorgeous. From the BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-11152136 From Demotix: http://www.demotix.com/news/419490/tango-world-championship-argentina
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Some of my minerals on flickr
TweetOne of my fascinations in life is minerals and mineralogy. I can’t say I have an expert’s knowledge of crystalline structures or forms but I do have a good feel for the massive impact our use of minerals has on our lives, and has done in the past. I have had cause to think about [...]
Food and drink in Lombardy
TweetAs soon as I arrived on a late morning in March in the medieval city of Bergamo (Bergamo set on flickr), high up on a hill, the rain having washed its tiled and pebbled streets and the ochery renders of the Renaissance and Baroque buildings, food and drink were not far from my thoughts. It [...]
Take the Lead tango
TweetNew Strictly Come Dancing dancer, Katya Virshilas, danced a very sultry tango with Antonio Banderas in the 2006 film Take the Lead. Take a look.
The Milonga
TweetIncredible. On yesterday’s (23/11/08) Strictly Come Dancing results show, professional partners Vincent Simone and Flavia Cacace danced the Milonga, apparently a pre-cursor to the Argentine Tango. They danced it to Milonga de mis amores by Juan D’Arienzo, a traditional tune but it also be found on the soundtrack to the film The Tango Lesson (1997).
Birdie Radio!
TweetWhile I lament the loss of several DAB radio stations, including Oneword, I was tickled to find that instead you can listen to birdsong – literally. Twist your DAB radio knob until you find the station, also called Birdsong. Birdsong was broadcasted when Oneword went off air. It was originally used for the test transmission [...]
Bluebell woods
TweetToday I visited a bluebell wood for the first time (Mottisfont, Hampshire). I have always regarded bluebells as flowers of deep fascination and being in the middle of their magic carpet today made me feel like the eternal child of a great old tree. Incredible also to be in the wood within less than an [...]
Solstice day's eyes
Tweet Before dawn on 21 June a group of 11 people made their way to a meadow in Wiltshire. The journey was made to found and witness the Circle in the West, a new stone momument that will comprise seven ‘circles’ in homage to Stonehenge. The dawn was clearing as Sun was about to break [...]
Happy flowers
Tweet Why is it that no matter how much you tread on a lawn with daisies, these beauties always spring back up again with their pure white and proud petals and their sunny centres? To me, daisies demonstrate that there is a place in this idiotic world for eternal optimism and unconditional happiness. They keep [...]
