What better pleasure during a winter lockdown than a jigsaw? A jigsaw of a map of course. This image was designed by Clair Rossiter in 2016. Interesting choice of Somerset House as one of the sights of London, wouldn’t have been on my list (rated 26th in Time Out’s top […]
Children’s drawing of the world by ‘Rosa’ in a window in the Wagenstraat, The Hague Via Reinder Storm
Elizabeth sent me this pic of the tunnel connecting Whitechapel High St with Gunthorpe St in East London. I am definitely up for a visit to this once we are out of lockdown. This little Whitechapel alleyway is notorious, for it is one of the murder sites of the infamous […]
This comes via Reinder from Huis van het Book in the Hague (Book Museum) The competition ‘draw your own island’ belonged to the exhibition ‘The Atlas of Blaeu’ which was on display in the museum earlier this year.
Via Reinder Storm A sheet from a Dutch #poetry calender. Poem by Riekus Waskowsky (translated into English by yours truly); illustration by Milja Praagman. Travelorder and when you leave … rain, rain is coming, storm blows sand over the roads, one should protect one’s eyes. frightened birds swarm over the […]
Raf pointed me at this magnificent chocolate map of the Golf du Morbihan in the north west of France. Pic by Nicolas Tavernier Usually I would make a crack about beer and maps or wine and maps but seriously chocolate and maps – what could be better?
Raf pointed me to this French Cheese Map (possibly inspired by Ken’s Cheese Map of Britain) Je déclare ouverte la coupe des fromages de France : 64 fromages dont 46 appellations d’origine contrôlée et 9 IGP que vous allez départager ! twitter.com/_Twinsen