A spider’s web pearled after a heavy mist
A heavy morning mist over Ramberget, lifting, leaves a spider’s web pearled with droplets of condensation.This photo from late August 2014.
Month: August 2018
Utility box art in Gothenburg and Brussels
Utility box art questions: Is there a popular name for an electricity enclosure? Why do people paint them in Brussels but not Gothenburg. What are they called in French?
Isidora: the city she lost
An unnamed traveller returns to Isidora, a city she left long ago. It is not like she remembers. A short story inspired by Italo Calvino’s Invisible Cities.
Opera in distress – photo of the week
Is Gothenburg’s Opera house in distress? Pennants flying from the nest of flagpoles outside Gothenburg’s opera, originally published August 2014
Taking a selfie with Gudrun Schyman
Gudrun Schyman was leafletting for Fi, all alone, at the Hjalmar transport hub on Thursday – normal political practice and true democratic behaviour.
Gothenburg Culture Festival 2018 – a photo essay
Gothenburg’s 2018 Culture Festival – Kulturkalaset – was an opportunity for me to try out my new camera and lenses and see inside some historic buildings.
Making a dash
Making a dash (from 14th August 2014) – a blurred figure dashes across the frame crossing a busy pedestrian street in a torrential downpour.
From Dunstan to Apex – a reading diary entry
From Dunstan to Apex – a reading diary entry with reviews of six or seven novels (depending how you count) and links to a half-a-dozen more.
Grendel the stockbroker
Grendel is disappointed in his new neighbour, Rothgar. The feasting and noise night after night is too much… and Grendel’s Dame is unhappy. Grendel has to act!
Wet out West in 2013 – a photo of the week
Wet out West! It’s been sunny and dry in Gothenburg since the beginning of May, but look at this photo from 2013 and remember this year isn’t normal.