Returning to Lubeck after 21 years. It’s still a jewel but the Hanse Museum in its current form is extraordinary. They have done with data what The Mary Rose museum has done with artefacts. It’s extraordinary.

Gorgeous spring day in the Nene valley

#Storks #Faro

Sunset over #Cadiz

All that remains of Simon de Senlis’ motte and bailey castle at Fotheringhay, later rebuilt as a favourite residence of the dukes of York; birthplace of Richard III 1452. Mary Queen of Scots executed here Feb 1587. I wonder if the weather was bleak like today.

Layers of history at Jimena de La Frontera - Roman, Moorish and Christian.

Warming myself like something out of the Tres Riches Heures

I have bought ‘On Freedom’ because I greatly enjoy Tim Snyder’s writing but also because, in a very small way,I want to support his mission.

Love Avercamp’s 1608 winter scene in The Rijksmuseum