Composed upon Westminster Bridge Earth has not any thing to show more fair: Dull would he be of soul who could pass by A sight so touching in its majesty: This City now doth, like a garment, wear The beauty of the morning; silent, bare, Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples lie Open unto the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘London’
That mighty heart is lying still
Posted in NY-LON, tagged Composed upon Westminster Bridge, London, riots, William Wordsworth on August 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Anish Kapoor turns the world upside down
Posted in My photos, NY-LON, What I'm looking at, tagged Anish Kapoor, London, My photos, New York, sculpture on January 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Anish Kapoor is one of my favourite artists so I was very happy to catch his first outdoor exhibition in London on my visit home. I have also been lucky enough to see one of the same pieces, Sky Mirror 2006, at the Rockefeller Center in New York and Cloud Gate , on a visit [...]
Things to ponder: 19 November 2010
Posted in Things to ponder, tagged London, New York, Things to ponder on November 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
One paragraph from Tony Judt’s essay, My Endless New York, sums up how I feel about the city: ” And yet, New York remains a world city. It is not the great American city — that will always be Chicago. New York sits at the edge: like Istanbul or Mumbai, it has a distinctive appeal [...]
