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Originally posted on In Search of Lost (Reading) Time:
This post is mainly going to be an imaged based one, for the sole reason that no amount of prose of mine will be able to accurately relate the spectacle of…

Originally posted on GALLERATI:
Emily Allchurch | Manchester Art Gallery | 13 March – 8 June 2015 “What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun”, bemoaned the…

Originally posted on roaming dave:
Las Fallas is a festival that takes place in the early spring. The festival coincides with St. Joseph’s Day, or Father’s Day in Europe. Originally, Las Fallas was a type of “spring cleaning” where citizens of Valencia…

Originally posted on Modern Mooch:
What happens to functionalist architecture when it ceases to function? It ceases to function. Standing on the A6 in the centre of the town, once home to a warren of postal workers, sorting mail in preparation…

Originally posted on Herbology Manchester:
The Manchester Museum came to a standstill this morning as the staff stood transfixed watching the partial solar eclipse over Manchester’s cloudy skies. Only a few hours to go until our next spectacle as the…

Originally posted on Modern Mooch:
There is a stall in Ashton Indoor Market that almost defies description, an Aladdin’s cave, a cornucopia of kitchenalia – if they don’t have, it probably doesn’t exist. I visited here as a little lad…

Originally posted on Coat Hanger Doll's House:
In a few months time I will be going to Brazil, it will be my third visit.  On previous visits we have explored art galleries and museums for examples of Brazilian art.…

Originally posted on ROUNDABOUT:
We flew from the southern tip of South America almost to its north-eastern tip for a little party called Carnaval.  Instead of heading to the best known Carnaval in Rio, we decided to spend our Carnaval in…