Herry's Journal

Lake Taupo , New Zealand. Click for a larger view.

Chelsea Barracks is a huge cleared space on the left. On the right is the beautiful classical 18th Century architecture of the Royal Hosp...

A lovely mapo tofu dish from Hong Kong. Photo by Kang of the London Eater blog I often wonder how 300 years of interaction with deliciou...

Fishing on the River Itchen. Photo by Derek Hampshire I regret that I have never taken up fishing, apart from catching minnows in the M...

I've posted a link to this before, but I can't resist putting it up again; it's brilliant!

One of the delights of summer - the early morning sun adding gold to these yellow roses at my study window

Superb recital of Brahms, Tchaikovsky and Chopin by Mikhail Kazakevich and Elena Zozina for The Chopin Society at St Gabriel's Church...

The Gateway of India reflected in a window of the Taj with the Arabian Sea beyond Mother of Cities ...

There's a breathless hush in the Close to-night Ten to make and the match to win A bumping pitch and a blinding light, An hour to play, ...

Cmdr Colin Balfour, RN, DL, who died last week after suffering an eight-year illness brought on by a fall, was a most charming and amusi...