15.5.20

La Seine

Parisians flock to the banks of the Seine on the first day of France's eased lockdown restrictions. Similar gatherings with very little social distancing took place on the Canal Saint-Martin leading to a ban on alcohol consumption in such places by French authorities.

Francois Guillot/AFP via Getty Images

13.5.20

El-Mona Garden

Entrance to the El-Mona garden in the Galilean village of Julis in Northern Israel.

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9.5.20

8.5.20

VE Day 75th Anniversary

London, 1945. In remembrance and commemoration. 75 years on.

British women from the London office of war information dance with American service members in the streets of London to celebrate the end of the Second World War in Europe.  

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6.5.20

Promise at Dawn

Currently reading.



22.4.20

Sophie Tarnowska Moss

Countess Zofia Roza Maria Jadwiga Elzbieta Katarzyna Aniela Tarnowska

Polish countess and former wife of W. Stanley Moss, British SOE operative and writer. Both briefly lived in the famous Tara villa in Cairo during the Second World War, which was also inhabited by a colourful mix of SOE personnel including the legendary Patrick Leigh Fermor.

Sophie Tarnowska Moss

16.4.20

Gloucester Road Tube

Overcast morning outside Gloucester Road Station.
December 2019


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