Muizenberg is a settlement near Cape Town city, famous for its long white sandy beach (around 20 km), adorned with brightly-coloured “bathing huts”. Here visitors can stroll at length, or…
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2017 was a troubled and violent year in many respects. On the political front much of the news centred on "Brexit", aggression from North Korea, terrorist attacks and Trump’s irresponsible…
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Last year we made a brief trip to the English countryside for a friend’s fiftieth birthday. He and his wife live in the village of Wroughton, not far from Swindon,…
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A chance comment from a friend, recommending a delightful way in which to spend my last afternoon in London, revealed a hidden gem: the Geffrye Museum (136 Kingsland Road, Shoreditch.)…
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I hadn’t known that there were so many purposes and connotations for this millennia-old finger adornment – until we stepped into an exhibition at the Upplandsmuséet (Uppland Museum) in Uppsala…
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One sunny morning we were en route from the Västerhaninge commuter train station to Årsta brygga at the Havsbad quay, and the ferry to Utö, when I spotted this bus stop…
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Another gloriously hot day in the bay - Kalk Bay, a quaint little fishing village in False Bay, around the corner from Cape Town’s iconic Table Bay. Kalk Bay, from…
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The Järfälla Kyrka, in the nearby settlement of Barkarby, dates from the late 12th century. It was built in the Romanesque style characteristic of the Uppland region at the time.…
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I was recently based in Utrecht, taking part in a tour of the rich artistic heritage of the Netherlands. This delightful old city is located southeast of Amsterdam, almost in…
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One bright afternoon I was strolling down Drottninggatan in Norrmalm, central Stockholm. The morning’s dreary greyness had drifted away, and a beautiful, rain-washed Nordic city lay before me. Patches of…
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