Friday, 1 January 2016
Wednesday, 30 December 2015
Thursday, 24 December 2015
Best of 2015
Films:
-Night Will Fall (special
screening at the Tyneside Cinema for Holocaust Memorial Day)
Music:
Coming in 2016:
Sunday, 1 November 2015
'Suspiria'
In honour of Hallowe'en 2015, my band 7thSun has recorded a cover of Goblin's 'Suspiria', the theme from Dario Argento's film of the same name. You can listen to it on SoundCloud or download it from Dropbox.
'The Remains'
The new 7thSun E.P. 'The Remains' is now available for free download on the 7thSun website.
7thSun - The Remains
01. Tommysong
02. The Kindness of Women
03. Windmills Turn Dusk
04. Home Movies.
Track 03 was written by Prussian Intervals. All other tracks written by 7thSun.
For full details, please visit www.7thsun.co.uk/
Saturday, 10 October 2015
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.
Tuesday, 1 September 2015
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 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
Thursday, 27 August 2015
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