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Mike Brook
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Art, photography, history, music, travel, politics.
Scotland.
This week in Dorset.
August 10, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Sorry you didn’t get my little joke. But that’s academics for you.

Anyway in the last two weeks of using AI I have bought this….see photo and downloaded the essays of David Hume. I don’t feel too insulted by the tool.
June 20, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I can see this little island out of my window, but not pick out any detail. Sitting in the Forth.
King James Vl stranded an old woman who was dumb and 2 babies there in an experiment to prove that speech was inherent, not learned. Of course the outcome was grunting and the poor kids died young.
June 19, 2025 at 7:56 AM
This is about 150 meters from where we live. The new naval vessel is atop a barge. At 11am today it is to be launched into the Forth River. I am at an osteopath appointment at 9:45, I hope to be there in time.
June 12, 2025 at 8:15 AM
The Royal Palace of Caserta near Naples. Built by the Bourbons it is the largest royal palace in the world.
You can glimpse this staircase in the recent film Conclave.

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June 11, 2025 at 6:22 AM
The Royal Palace Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The palace consists of a number of scattered buildings, each with its own designated purpose.
June 10, 2025 at 6:20 AM
June 9, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Ha Long Bay, Vietnam

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June 7, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Istanbul

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June 6, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Edinburgh

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June 5, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Back home, the Forth River, Edinburgh.
June 4, 2025 at 2:09 PM
The fallen Icarus by Igor Mitoraj in the Valley of Temples at Agrigento, Sicily.

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June 3, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Samarkand in Uzbekistan.

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June 2, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Yesterday near Oban.

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#Scotland
June 1, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Venice on a winter’s day.

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May 31, 2025 at 5:24 AM
May 30, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Cape Sounion outside Athens.

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#Greece
May 29, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Palmyra a few months before the peaceful protests which evolved into civil war. Parts of the site have been destroyed. The people were generous and welcoming. I hope life is improving for them.

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#Syria
May 28, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Sunset a moment ago in Edinburgh, looking across the Forth to Fife.

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May 27, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Split, Croatia

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May 27, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Edinburgh Castle

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May 26, 2025 at 7:34 AM
The Ming Tombs near Beijing.

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May 26, 2025 at 5:17 AM
May 25, 2025 at 11:02 AM
This garden surrounds a Lutyens designed house, now a hotel, near North Berwick in Scotland. It was laid out by Gertrude Jekyll and her concept has been substantially retained.

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May 25, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Oddly, I was just looking through some photos from two years years ago, we visited the grave of Rob Roy…..Old Kirk, Balquhidder!
May 24, 2025 at 9:58 PM