This rail station statue honors Cesar Pavese “for the vivacity of his spirit and his dark parts”

History and Art in Valletta, Malta
Jonathan L takes in some history and fine art in the city of Valletta, Malta

This rail station statue honors Cesar Pavese “for the vivacity of his spirit and his dark parts”

Jonathan L takes in some history and fine art in the city of Valletta, Malta

Jonathan L learns about historical and modern fortitude at the monument to the Great Siege of 1565

A small selection of signs, some witty, some weird and some just worth a nod

Destroyed in 1915 by a bomb dropped by a German Zeppelin, this building in Farringdon Road, London defiantly took the

Downriver from Greenwich, it’s been closed to prevent flooding over 200 times since it was completed in 1982

Actually, it’s all London, but the scale and styles could hardly be more different.