Monthly Archives: July 2012

The Light Of The South

Posted on July 30, 2012 by Annabel Keatley

Whilst I was writing my last post, Waiting For Inspiration, I started to realise how much I was longing to paint again, after a long eight month break. So as soon as it was finished I went to the local … Read more…

More Sporting Feats

Posted on July 28, 2012 by hamer the framer

Greg Becker has compiled all of his Sporting Feats drawings into a book. He describes them as observations on the history of Edwardian sporting endeavours, inspired by the Much Wenlock Olympian Games of 1850. Greg’s book requires Adobe Flash Player. … Read more…

Olympicold BC

Posted on July 27, 2012 by hamer the framer

Stanley Unwin – Olympicold B.C

Orbit

Posted on July 26, 2012 by hamer the framer

This is the view from John Lewis’s Olympic gift shop at Westfield Stratford. Here you can buy all kinds of sponsored trinkets and souvenirs for London 2012, but thankfully this view is so far logo free. Here are the Olympic … Read more…

Meghalaya’s Living Bridges

Posted on July 25, 2012 by hamer the framer

In North-East India, in The Land Of Clouds, people have found an ingenious natural solution to the challenge of crossing a torrential flood river. Conventional bridges would be swept away, so they have devised a kind of slow organic joinery. … Read more…

Vale Of Yew

Posted on July 23, 2012 by hamer the framer

We arrived at the village of Stoughton in a remote valley of the South Downs via a single track road from the north. It felt like we were coming to the back of beyond. We left the car by the … Read more…

Circles In Toledo

Posted on July 22, 2012 by hamer the framer

Manhole Cover

For Cesaria Evora

Posted on July 21, 2012 by hamer the framer

She was not always in the best of health, all those cigarettes, all that rum. But it’s still a shock that she’s gone. Her voice made you feel close to her. Here’s a reminder of how beautiful she could be.

Amy In Dingle

Posted on July 20, 2012 by hamer the framer

A not to be missed film telling the story of an Amy Winehouse performance before an audience of 85 in a little church in Ireland in 2006, to be broadcast next Monday, July 23rd at 10pm on BBC4 – Arena.

Constantine’s Dream

Posted on July 19, 2012 by hamer the framer

The Basilica of San Francesco in Arrezo, Tuscany, a late medieval church dedicated to St Francis of Assisi. In the chancel, the Cappella Maggiore, is one of the masterpieces of the Italian Early Renaissance. The walls are covered with a … Read more…