Splanky in Greenland
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Jun
The chapel of Saint Nicolas in Chora, Kardamyli

Going back

As I wrote in my notebooks, the mystics believe the ideal man shall walk himself to a 'right death&
7 min read
17
May
The new notebook

A Note on Polymorphs of the Arctic Char, and the Robes of Christ

A friend of mine, young enough and free enough never to have heard of Bruce Chatwin, gave me as a
7 min read
03
May
Psychomachia, Parish Church of All Saints and St. Andrew, Kingston, Cambridgeshire

Psychomachia

My family and I take a walk in early spring over the gently, very gently, rolling uplands of west Cambridgeshire,
7 min read
19
Apr
The. cemetery at Qaqortoq

Cross

I have some time on my hands in Qaqortoq in Greenland, so I walk up to the little cemetery. Or
5 min read
12
Apr
Traigh Mheilein, Harris, Outer Hebrides

In Tents

7 min read
22
Mar
Borges, 1951, by Grete Stern

Borges in Iceland

8 min read
08
Mar
Jeremiah, Piero della Francesca

Jeremiah

9 min read
22
Feb
The Finding of the True Cross, Piero della Francesca, detail

The Good Fresh

12 min read
18
Jan
Hvalsey Church, Greenland

Hvalsey

8 min read
01
Jan
Chair

The Last Great Travel Writer

9 min read