by Steve Tanham
Kingston-on-Thames; an ancient English borough, and a place we love to return to each year as the summer is coming to a close, and the sense of the autumn is on the breeze. Three hours on the train from Oxenholme – Kendal’s main west-coast station – a quick snack in London, then on to Waterloo Station and another train out to the south-west, getting … Read More A return to Kingston-on-Thames
by Steve Tanham
A simple (self) assignment… I was on my way to a haircut in Kendal and – leaving the main car park – I emerged into ‘bright soft sunshine’. It’s a feeling that only happens a few times each year and it has a definite ‘sweet’ quality to it. I decided to try to capture the light (in all senses of the word) mood in … Read More Summer comes to Kendal
by Steve Tanham
Continued from Part Two The rest of the story is best told in the pictures taken on the day… The Basilica of Aquileia as seen today is the result of a series of evolutions of the church built by Bishop Teodoro at the beginning of the 4th century, much of it remarkably intact. These periods of enlargement culminated in the long nave seen in … Read More Aquileia: a spiritual nexus of the ancient world (3)
by Steve Tanham
Continued from Part One. There was a taxi service from the canal’s dock to take those not wishing to walk into the centre of Aquileia. The weather was mild and pleasant. We opted to walk. Fifteen minutes later we came to the centre of the village; a pleasant place with small shops, a local bar and a restaurant. Our destination – the ancient Christian … Read More Aquileia: a spiritual nexus of the ancient world (2)
Sun in Gemini 
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