A Deltic hauling empty sleeper stock

I once likened it to finding a Derby winner pulling a milk float, but it is always good to see a Deltic in commercial service. Here 55 003 ...

Paul Simon: American Tune

An appropriate song for Easter Sunday, in that Simon took this melody from Bach's St Matthew Passion. Bach had borrowed it from earlier...

Goode Easter

Sometimes you search and rummage for something appropriate as a seasonal greeting. This box was hiding in front of a tobacco tin and behind ...

The secrets of St Pancras

From Londonist : We recently got to see the parts of the station that passengers and shoppers never get to, taking a tour of the roof, back ...

Six of the Best 502

"It is as if UK politicians regard their failure to propose anything new as a demonstration of their fitness for office. It makes them...

Passing Through Time, Poetically Speaking

When we need it the most, winter sheds sleep yielding to spring.  The cold slowly gives way to warmth. Snowfall is replaced with welcome rai...

Before and after the New Walk Centre, Leicester

A few weeks ago the New Walk Centre, for many years the offices of Leicester City Council, were demolished. I photographed the buildings on...

All drains lead somewhere...

When something goes down a drain, it may seem like it disappears, but it doesn’t. All drains lead somewhere.  There is no such thing as goin...

Wolf Hall and Carry On Henry

King Henry VIII: Her figure's all right. What about her face? Thomas Cromwell: I am assured, sire, it is the fairest in all Normandy. ...