Birmingham #11

Birmingham, architectural detail

Birmingham #10

Birmingham, architectural detail

Birmingham #9

Birmingham, clock tower.

Birmingham #8: Saint Phillip's Cathedral

Birmingham, St Phillip's Cathedral

Birmingham #7

Telephone boxes, Birmingham

Birmingham #6

Door, Birmingham

Birmingham #5

Birmingham Gas Hall, architectural detail

Birmingham #4

Birmingham Library with reflection of Art Gallery

Birmingham #3:Signs of the times

Street scene with "To Let" signs, Birmingham

Birmingham #2

The Iron Man (Antony Gormley), Birmingham

Birmingham #1

Statue of Queen Victoria, Birmingham


Note: In this sequence of photographs of Birmingham there should be a hat tip to John Moffat who was walking round the city with me (during the Celebrating Sanctuary Festival) and who has an eye for noticing interesting and photogenic architectural details.

Thanks, John.

DPRK: Kongmin Tombs

Statues at Kongmin Tombs, near Kaesong, DPRK.

DPRK: Kongmin Tombs

Kongmin tombs, near Kaesong, DPRK.

DPRK: Kaesong Children's Palace, Great Leader's Birthday Celebration

Children dancing for the Great Leader's Birthday at Kaesong Children's Palace.

DPRK: Kaesong Children's Palace

Bicycles at Kaesong Children's Palace

DPRK: Kaesong Children's Palace

Kaesong Children's Palace, a kind of Korean school of the performing arts.

DPRK: Kaesong street

Street in Kaseong, DPRK.

DPRK: DMZ

Soldiers at the DMZ, DPRK. The line on the ground immediately behind the two soldiers to the rear marks the border with South Korea.

DPRK: DMZ

DMZ. The back half of the blue huts and the building in the background are in South Korea.

DPRK: "Motorway services"

Motorway services en route from Pyongyang to Kaesong.

DPRK: Motorway

Busy motorway, DPRK.

DPRK: Flags in Pyongyang

Flags, Pyongyang

DPRK: Revolutionary circus

DPRK: Revolutionary Circus. Note the ideologically sound backdrop.

A Walk Round Bilston #7

Geese on the canal.

A Walk Round Bilston #6

A Walk Round Bilston #5

Duck on the canal.

A Walk Round Bilston #4

Even scum on the surface of a canal can look quite photogenic.

A Walk Round Bilston #3

Steps down to a disused railway track.

A Walk Round Bilston #2

Just 100 yards from the main road.

A Walk Round Bilston

Let's have a week off from the DPRK. We can always come back to it later. Here are some photographs of my home town. It's a very ordinary Midlands town called Bilston but if you look hard enough you can still find some very nice places to photograph.