#123: Pavement star
‘Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars.’ – J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings
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#122: Clematis
‘The flower is here, so let’s dance here.’ – Amjad Nasser
#121: Camembert
‘Poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.’ – G.K. Chesterton, Alarms and Discursions
#120: Illumination
‘Better to illuminate than merely to shine, to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate.’ – Thomas Aquinas
#119: Musée du Louvre
‘We used to build temples, and museums are about as close as secular society dares to go in facing up to the idea that a good building can change your life (and a bad one ruin it).’ – Alain de Botton Another old photo from 2012 and another trip to Paris. Damn, it’s a photogenic… Continue reading #119: Musée du Louvre
#118: Magic wands
‘Wands are only as powerful as the wizards who use them. Some wizards just like to boast that theirs are bigger and better than other people’s.’ – J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Today in 2014, I went on the Harry Potter studio tour. Although I’ve always been a bigger fan of the… Continue reading #118: Magic wands
#117: Badge of honour
‘Heroes don’t always have capes, badges or uniforms. Sometimes, they support those who do.’ Andrea Randall Thank you to the consultants and other members of the MDT who have supported our strike and kept our patients safe. I am proud to be a junior doctor, more so than ever, and I hope that I can… Continue reading #117: Badge of honour
#116: Sunset
‘We shall take a star out of the skies and shall set thousands of worlds on fire…’ – Cordwainer Smith, The Rediscovery of Man
#115: Pool
‘Stretched and skewed Tap of the 8-ball and the cue Scratches fall through They are the scars of you’ – Criss Jami, Salomé: In Every Inch In Every Mile
#114: Rooftop
‘Mine was the twilight and the morning. Mine was a world of rooftops and love songs.’ – Roman Payne, Rooftop Soliloquy