Here is tomorrow’s sky, four hours after sunset yet still comfortably early in the long winter evening. Continue reading “Star clusters and cultural treasures”
Category: places
Bergamo
Greenville friends, here is your sister city, seen from a height of 248 steps.

Are you near to Harper’s Ferry?
Or could you go by there? I’ll say why in a minute. Meanwhile, here is how the evening sky is looking, Continue reading “Are you near to Harper’s Ferry?”
The Hazaras
“We are from Changîzistân!” joked one of the Hazaras who befriended me Continue reading “The Hazaras”
Global Heating Claims Its First Martyr
Britain’s highest temperature ever was recorded on Continue reading “Global Heating Claims Its First Martyr”
Living in a film set
Ravens of the Tower
Why is the prime meridian of Earth at Greenwich? Well, while I was living Continue reading “Ravens of the Tower”
Peace Bells Follow-Up
We went by Lyme Regis’s parish church at half past midday, but Continue reading “Peace Bells Follow-Up”
The Burning of the Barrels
This wild event, Continue reading “The Burning of the Barrels”
Return to Dubrovnik
Thirty-four years ago, I put my bicycle together Continue reading “Return to Dubrovnik”
