Hold on to the fleeting days of Winter for soon they may be gone forever. All those stories for all those years about the light driving out the dark, the heat burning away the cold and now we find ourselves on a boiling world under an unrelenting sun. We should have worshipped the Winter as much as the Summer. We still should, while there is time. Damian Mark Whittle
To celebrate my birthday this week, I spent a day in London, the city of my birth. The statues and buildings of London – some iconic, some overlooked – are absolutely… Read more London Views →
Up A bridge is an opportunity to see the city from a new angle. Especially if you’re a pedestrian, used to having to look up at buildings that tower above… Read more Walking Through Cities: Part 20 →
You remember them. Those places you played in when you were a kid, where you weren’t supposed to be. Walking through half fallen down buildings with kids cooler than you, until there… Read more Design Room: ‘Let’s Play’ →
Hard There are parts of any city where everything that is harsh and unwelcoming seems to gather. Brick, metal and barbed wire mesh together with little room for the people who made them.… Read more Walking Through Cities: Part 14 →
A Moment of Reflection I love walking along Leeds-Liverpool Canal, especially in the morning when there aren’t many people about. The regularity of the tow path, the fact that that… Read more A Moment of Reflection →
Often, if I’ve got something on my mind, if I’m feeling stressed or unhappy, I’ll take myself out for a long walk. Sometimes my feet will take me to places where… Read more Why I Like Walking in Empty Spaces →
Strange and Lost Visions 