Ely is just a short train journey from Cambridge, where we live, so it is easy to do in a day. This is the lantern in the cathedral, and it’s just a quick shot on my phone. Next time I go I will set up something with my camera to get a better shot, but … Read more
This is a bust of Sir Walter Scott in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh. I think it bears a passing resemblance to Alex Salmond, the current first minister of the ruling party in the Scottish Parliament. So Who Was Sir Walter Scott Sir Walter Scott was a Scottish historical novelist, playwright, and poet … Read more
Fairy Tale London Ah, the beautiful buildings of fairy tale London. Aren’t they terrific? This photo shows the spires of the renovated St. Pancras Station peeping out from behind the forecourt of the recently renovated British Library in London. St. Pancras Station was famously saved from demolition by the poet John Betjaman, who mounted a … Read more