Terrific summer reading: the Good, the Bold and the Fearless. Never a dull moment in the complex world of the Burgundians. @bartvanloo.bsky.social 👏

The Entry to Jerusalem, aka the "Long Donkey Window" at St Mary's church in Eccles.

The Popemobile of John Paul II, preserved in the fascinating European Solidarity Centre in #Gdansk

The former Lenin Shipyard in #Gdansk: “Europe starts here”

Saltburn, N Yorkshire. The oldest working hydraulic funicular in the country. Living history.

How not to showcase the unique history and architecture of a great city. #Liverpool

I walked all the way from the Midlands to Another Place (aka Crosby), so felt entitled to say “thalassa thallassa”. Although not so loud that anyone else could hear.

The Towpath to…

The sleuth named after a small town. #crimefiction

On the Peak Forest #canal

#Buxton, Derbyshire. Where Mary Queen of Scots may have had happier days.

Meanwhile, on an anonymous street in #Stockport: #McCartney #10cc #StoneRoses

#Basel cathedral, which guards the memorial to the #Renaissance thinker Erasmus of Rotterdam. He died here in 1536.

Always try to work with the best and brightest. In this case, it’s the very sharp journalism students of Yerevan State University, in the complex and always fascinating country of Armenia.

Sunday morning, #Yerevan, #Armenia

“It’s all water. And mud.” Classic #cyclocross conditions at Dendermonde.

James Conway of the Royal Marines, a ‘Cockleshell Hero’ of 1942. Now commemorated in his home town of Stockport.

Christmas at Lyme Park, Cheshire.

Never forget #Ukraine

The Farnese Bull, created in the 3rd century, unearthed in Rome in 1546, and believed to be the biggest single sculpture recovered from antiquity. Now on display in Naples.