Reviews on Blank Slate

I've recently joined the Blank Slate team to write album and concert reviews. You can read the first three here, here and here. Next up: Colossal Squid and Dextro at The Cluny this coming Tuesday.

Sicily, 2018

Taormina

 

Duomo, Taormina

Isola Bella

 

Calatabiano

View from Castelmola

Temple of Concordia, Agrigento

Villa Romana del Casale, Piazza Armerina

Mount Etna

Ridley Scott: Past, Present & Future Visionary Exhibition, The Word, South Shields

The Word in South Shields is currently home to a Ridley Scott-themed exhbition, 'Past Present & Future Visionary'. Degree students from the Cleveland College of Art and Design have recreated props and costumes from Alien, Blade Runner, Gladiator and more.

 Alien display

 Replica Ripley jumpsuit

 Facehugger

Signed script and alien egg

 Xenomorph

 Close-up

 Blade Runner display

 Deckard blaster

 Voight Kampff machine

J.F. Sebastian costume

The exhibition runs until the 2nd of May. Entry is free.

Budapest Diary, 27/09/2015 - 02/10/2015

 

View of Buda and Pest from the Citadella.

Sunday

Arrived at Continental Hotel Zara and explored Pest.

Dined in Hungarian restaurant.

 

Ceiling of St. Stephen's Basilica.

Monday

Visited Great Synagogue.

Walked to St. Stephen’s Basilica and climbed stairs to 300-foot dome viewing platform.

Crossed Chain Bridge and climbed hill to Buda Castle. Visited Royal Palace, Mátyás Church, Fishermen’s Bastion, market and Labyrinth under Castle.

Dined in Hungarian restaurant.

 

Parliament, Pest.

Tuesday

Visited Parliament in Pest.

Crossed bridge to Margaret Island, saw Franciscan church ruins, Water Tower, Japanese Garden.

Had massages at hotel and dined at Monk’s Bistrot by Elizabeth Bridge.

 

House of Terror.

Wednesday

Walked to Opera on Andrássy Street then explored House of Terror.

Had meal at Tokio and viewed Chain Bridge and Basilica lit up at night.

 

Liberation Monument.

Thursday

Took bus past Heroes’ Square to Buda Castle and visited Budapest History Museum, which includes medieval church ruins.

Took bus to Citadellla and Liberation Monument.

Took bus to Central Market Hall.

Dined at Kollázs then had cocktails in hotel bar.

Segedunum

Wallsend, Tyneside, marks the end of Hadrian's Wall and was also the location of the Ancient Roman fort Segedunum.

The British Museum exhibition 'Roman Empire: Power and People' is currently open to visitors until Sunday 13th September. Access is included in the admission price of £5.95.

The fort ruins from the viewing tower

Preserved clothing from Roman Egypt

The Segedunum museum

Statue of a woman clutching the bust of her dead husband

Replica of a skull damaged during combat

Photography at the Black Gate and Castle Keep

I recently took some photographs for Old Newcastle at the Black Gate and Castle Keep. Both sites are open to visitors, offering a range of activities for all ages.

View from the top of the Castle Keep 

 The Black Gate, side view

Volunteer dressed as a knight in the Great Hall

Crossbow in the Castle Keep museum

Archery lessons in the Great Hall

The new lift shaft on the side of the Black Gate

Plague Doctor

Photos, April - July 2015

Butterfly World, Stockton-on-Tees

http://www.prestonparkmuseum.co.uk/the-grounds/butterfly-world/

Oval Space, London

http://www.ovalspace.co.uk/

Kirkley Hall and Gardens

http://www.kirkleyhall.co.uk/

http://www.kirkleyhallzoo.co.uk/

Our garden

Hexham Abbey

http://hexham-abbey.org.uk/

The Quayside, Newcastle

Our kitten Timmy, now six months old

Firenze - July 2013