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I am a refugee from the Great Flickr Disaster of May 2013. The first I knew of it was when I was checking facebook on my phone over breakfast. A friend had written: "Have you seen the hideousness that's the revamped Flickr? no no no no no NO!" I

Yesterday some weirdo with a bunch of porny pics on his photostream faved this photo of mine on flickr. (Don't worry, it's safe to click the image below as I've now brought the pic over here!) Why? And how did he even come to find it? It was posted

I'm starting to feel at home here already! Going back to flickr, as I still do while I'm sorting things out there, feels like a visit to an alien planet. Discovered two more random faves on oldish photos last time I was there. Again from a newly signed

Yes, like most other flickr refugees, I'm setting up a new home on ipernity because I don't like the changes flickr has made or the way they were implemented. Yes, ipernity is a lot like the 'old' flickr and perhaps that is why it has attracted so many

All my spare time over the past few days seems to have been consumed by my migration from flickr. There's still a bit of sorting out left to do but I'm ready to start moving forward here now and posting pics that were never part of my flickr photostream.

I have to admit I never saw the point of some of the groups that existed on flickr. I remember one being set up with the sole purpose of becoming the *biggest* group and encouraging members to add their entire photostream to the group?! Then there were

The big M couldn't have found a more appropriate street to set up in. Not that I frequent it, I hasten to add...

I've set my home page so that immediately under this blog there's a block displaying my 'latest' album. I've also discovered that, as this simply means the album that appears first when you view the albums in the organizer, this can be any album you like

When I moved here 20+ years ago the corner shop was run by an Indian couple known as Fred and Sue. I don't know how long they'd been there before that. They lived upstairs and brought up children and then grandchildren there. My daughter (now in her

There was a time when a boutique was a shop where you could buy trendy clothes. It now seems to have become a term that is attached to almost anything if someone wants to imply that it's something not run-of-the-mill or offering a personalised, unique or

If you're like me, when you move house you pack everything into labelled boxes so you have some idea of where things need to go when they reach their new home. Of course, it takes some time to unpack everything and, again if you're like me, years later

I've been observing the development around King's Cross for the past few years, most recently the new flats along York Way. Watching these being slotted together reminded me of the Bayko Building Set I had as a child; one of my favourite toys. First

Wow! ipernity just gets better and better! Verdict on the script? 10/10 ***** Thanks, team!

Ever since the first New Bus for London came into service on route 38 in February last year I've been meaning to go for a ride on it. The problem was that Victoria to Hackney is not a route that co-incides with any of my regular journeys so I would have

Over the last few weeks I've been wondering about the silver geometric shapes on the buildings behind Granary Square in King's Cross. They looked like a silver streak of lightening flashing from the old coal depot in the east, across the

Thanks to the Man in Seat 61, my favorite rail travel website, I've discovered the cheapest way to go to visit my friend in Trier, Germany. If you book an 'any Belgian station' via Brussels Eurostar ticket (which I managed to do for £39 each way) you

It's that time of year again. The Open House listings are live on the web, the green books are plopping through people's letter boxes. And as usual there's a mad scramble to book tours of the most 'prestigious' venues. The booking system last year was a

The Instituto Gould, where we stayed in Florence, is situated in the Oltrano district - in other words, the other side of the Arno. It's a great area to stay; tucked in amid the artisan quarter, away from the tourist bustle but still within

Try saying the places names backwards and you'll get what it's all about! And if that doesn't give it away, this guy will... Its 'The Chapman Family Collection' at the Tate Britain. We wandered in to the darkened room and walked among what at