I originally wrote this as a zine for an event in the winter of 2025. Most of the original print run is gone, so I thought I d put the text up online. If you enjoy the writing I have a travel book about Central Europe available here, and an upcoming project set in the Bronze [ ]
I have an old Olympus XZ-1 digital camera from around 2010 I found in a drawer recently.
While we were in Granville we went to Mont St Michel, Normandy's premier tourist trap, and the model for the design of Minas Tirith in the Lord of the Rings films.
I went on holiday to France in July, with the worst possible timing to arrive in Paris via train on their hottest day in history (39 ºC). Thankfully the first half of the week was spent in Granville on the coast, where the temperatures were more reasonable.
I ve actually been reading a lot lately, but it s mostly been archaeological papers for research reasons, which will not be of much interest to a general audience. Here s the small selection of actual books I ve finished lately though. There s also a pile of half-read ones which I ll write about when they re finished. The Ending Writes [ ]
Mini travel journal made with Polaroid stickers
I seemed to read books that were either depressing, memoirs, or both in April.
There are a lot of different art vending machines in Vienna.
Vienna has excellent and cheap public transport. Trams go everywhere, and a year s ticket is a symbolic €365. A week for visitors is around €25. As pretty much everyone has a pass, they don t bother with ticket gates and just do spot ticket checks. Here s some assorted photos of various places in the city. Typical [ ]
Here's a quick roundup of what I read between October and March.
I found some more photos of Weyer an der Enns, an idyllic mountain town in the Kalkalpen national park.
The Albertina museum has a sister gallery around the corner that specialises in modern art (where I saw the Yoshitomo Nara exhibition). I collect museum souvenir pencils from my travels, and their dinosaur pencil is the jewel in the collection. Anselm Kiefer Ways of Worldly Wisdom: Battle of the Teutoburger Forest Anselm Kiefer- Rhein Herbert [ ]
When I used to travel a lot for work, I think people sometimes got the impression from my photos that I was swanning around fantastic landscapes and world-standard art museums all the time, but the reality was much more mundane. The usual arrangement was that my employer would book the hotels for workdays, and I [ ]
I wanted to go in the astronaut exhibition, but it was ridiculously expensive. €14 for a pretty small exhibition space attached to a room full of vintage Leicas. I guess they price it for the pockets of Leica owners. The city belongs to all of us! Under this motto we re organising a network of social [ ]
The Albertina is one of the most popular art museums in Vienna. Originally it was the palace of Prince Albert, a an 18th century Habsburg cousin who collected fine art prints. After the First World War, the new Austrian government confiscated both the building and art collection from the royal family and opened it to [ ]
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I don t see the point in setting restrictive, onerous or miserable New Year s resolutions, it just seems counter-productive. It seems far healthier to think of things you actually want to do in the upcoming year that are achievable. Do creative projects I m not going to tie myself to any specific thing here, just that I [ ]
A new book project due out early 2026 - sample chapter
Viking re-enactment at Pegwell Bay
Expired Ilford HP5 around Europe and the UK
What I read over the summer of 2025.
2026 illustration calendars are here, and they re a little cheaper this year- £8, as I ve managed to find a cheaper supply of the paper. There are also prints available of all the month designs- £10 for A5, £20 for A3 or £40 for A3.
A visit to an ancient Celtic salt mine in the Salzkammergut
A visit to the archaeological museum in Hallein, home of the Celts