In February I went to Vence for a check up of my lung by Jean Mattei. Every day I timed myself up the Baou Blanc, 2400 feet, as a …
Crossing the threshold into Fortnum & Mason, famed for its chiming clock, is like stepping into an exquisite Aladdin’s cave, for the ground floor is filled with the most …
When next I looked at the Texas Tower I saw the three white domes standing high above the horizon on long stilted legs -a mirage. I had a fascinating …
100 West George Street Sculptor: Callum Sinclair (1990) This beautiful cat is hidden away over the lintel of the Royal Bank of Scotland building on West George Street. It …
Ever since I had arrived in Manila people had been asking, ‘When is the typhoon coming?’ This was not so that they could flee from it; they were complaining …
Glasgow Stock Exchange 155-59 Buchanan Street 63-69 Nelson Mandela Place Statue of St Andrew and decorative carving Architects: John Burnet 1875-1877 Sir John James Burnet 1894-1898 Sculptors: J & …
Royal Bank of Scotland 22-4 St. Enoch Square Symbolic Figures and Associated Decorative Carving Sculptor: Phyllis Archibald and Richard Ferris (1906-7) The four figures function as supporting pillars, and …
I took Pidge (somewhat reluctantly on his part) from his dovecote, and put him on the cockpit seat, as I thought that he ought to have some fresh air …
Flying north, I passed over Babuyan Island, and over Autau Su, the first Japanese island, which was 40 miles east of the south end of Formosa. The Japanese had …
In the morning, for some reason, I laughed at Pidge. To my surprise he was sensitive about it, and much disliked it. He stamped to and fro, chattered his …