English Buildings

Light thrown on the familiar A brief stop in Taunton on my way deeper into southern Somerset a while ago saw the south facade of the castle...

Still busy The beehive has been a powerful symbol for centuries. For some it has represented ‘the winged republic’, where society runs in an...

The Madonna of the Butterflies with Saints Michael and Jerome Something a little different for my Christmas picture this year. Fortunate is ...

Under snow and in hiding The heading above could be about me. Gloucestershire has been snowbound for days, the temperatures have dipped to n...

Going Dutch We didn’t get the chance to go inside Southwold Museum on our recent visit to the town. But I spent a few minutes to admire its...

Wild east I’ve posted here before about the wonderful wooden buildings of Thorpeness , the holiday village in Suffolk built by Glencairn Stu...

  Clock and bull story Like my previous post, this is another Victorian shop facade that caught my eye on a rainy day in Bedford not long ag...