Discovering Cambridge

Despite its small size and probably because of the university and its nearness to London and to the rural East of England, there is a lot to Cambridge. Discovering Cambridge takes time. See the two cities – the city of the university students and the city of the ordinary working man or woman. Listen to … Read more

Out Of The Abyss

This frieze is in a sweeping arc above the concourse that leads to the European Parliament in Brussels. It was designed by Larkin Zahra as his entry in a competition to publicise the European Union being given the Nobel Peace Prize in 2012 for transforming Europe from a continent at war to a continent at … Read more

A Photoshop Technique For Darkening Around A Soft Outline

Introduction We have just added this photograph of a Herdwick sheep to our range of ecards. The original image had a distracting background and this article explains how I removed it without ‘rubbing out’ the delicate edges of the the fleece. Love And Economics The fleece of the Herdwick sheep is a rich brown color, … Read more