Tangled Yarns
The William Morris Gallery has done it again, with another great guest exhibition. This time Alke Schmidt’s Tangled Yarns has taken over the space at the…
Kingfishers on Llammas meadow
My morning has been brightened by the discovery that E17 now has its very own poetry corner outside Walthamstow Central. Well done to whoever had the…
Saying hello to the puffins
For something like the last five Christmases my main present to my partner, Liz, has been a trip to the Farne Islands to see the puffins…
Walthamstow
Somehow, in eighteen months of blogging about my favourite things I have managed to omit Walthamstow. In my defence, there didn’t seem to be much of…
Copenhagen – of course it’s wonderful
A week spent working in Copenhagen means it is time to update the markontour guide to the city, last edited way back in 2014! Copenhagen is…
What The Light Was Like
Richard Sharland's new exhibition, 'What The Light Was Like', drew us to Manchester this weekend and made for a fantastic Friday night in the north west.…
Contemporary Nottingham
An Easter weekend glide through Nottingham on our narrowboat to catch up with close friends who recently moved back here, has reminded me how much I like the city where I went to university and where my football team continues to inflict pain on its loyal fans.
Why the Lea Valley makes London liveable
The Lea Valley has been my escape to greenery since moving to London nearly twenty years ago. Back then, living on the Kingsmead estate in Homerton,…
Souk Secrets
Marrakech is one of those places that has probably always been a market town. Certainly I learned enough on this trip to know that it has…
Cape Town – where the oceans meet
Just about every South African I know has told me Cape Town is the place to go, so I had been looking forward to last week’s…
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