Posts marked with the tag “History”
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Sulgenbach Park, Bern
Friday, 5th February 2010 • History, Individual photographs, Landscape photography • No comments
One of my favourite finds during my lunchtime walks around the city of Bern, this park is a haven of quiet and surrounded by a mix of views and architecture from the earlier part of the 20th century and onwards.
London Life
Thursday, 28th January 2010 • By other people, Life, Travel • 2 comments
Since moving away from the UK, I miss jaunts into London, which now only take place once a year at most. A German resident of London, Konstantin Binder, provides me with a dose of the kind of exploration I would do, were I still in the UK.
Pollara Lighthouse
Saturday, 10th October 2009 • History, Italy galleries, Travel • No comments
A small gallery of a ruined and abandoned lighthouse on the main road from Malfa, atop three hundred metre high cliffs on the north western corner of Salina amongst the Aeolian Islands.
Ten years of push-button publishing
Thursday, 27th August 2009 • In the Media, Internet, Work • No comments
On 23rd August 2009, the ten year anniversary of a web service called Blogger passed with barely a blip; only a small handful of news reports show up at Google’s news aggregating service and the world at large has paid little notice to the milestone.
Rütli
Monday, 6th July 2009 • Design, History, Internet, Work • No comments
Details of the new website for Swiss national historic location Rütli, combined with a brief explanation of the meadow’s history.
Through the Windows
Saturday, 4th July 2009 • Internet, Life, Switzerland galleries, Work • 1 comment
A personal history of computer desktop wallpaper, a Microsoft Switzerland competition in which you can take part, and some free landscape photos for you to download.
Zytglogge, Bern, Switzerland
Sunday, 7th December 2008 • History, Photography • No comments
The “Zytglogge” (literally, time bell) stands in the middle of the Bern, at the junction between the more modern shopping streets and the older, lower city. It was originally constructed [...]
Kirchenfeldbrücke, Bern, Switzerland
Sunday, 30th November 2008 • History, Individual photographs • No comments
First opened in September 1883 after a 21 month building phase, the metal bridge spanned the gorge between the upper end of the original old city of Bern at the [...]
Tay Bridge and west Dundee from The Law
Tuesday, 30th September 2008 • History, Individual photographs, Travel • 1 comment
During a violent storm on the evening of 28 December 1879, the centre section of the first Tay Bridge, known as the "High Girders", collapsed, taking with it a train [...]
Battersea Power Station
Friday, 21st September 2007 • Individual photographs, Travel • No comments
Battersea Power Station is the largest brick-built structure in Europe and is notable for its original and lavish Art Deco fittings and decor. The building is Grade II listed, and [...]
Whitewash and Brick
Wednesday, 19th September 2007 • History, Individual photographs, Travel • No comments
This was the view from my hotel room in Victoria. As a Londoner (I was born in St. Thomas’ Hospital and brought up during the first six years of my [...]
