Art and Abart

In the Hamburg Kunsthalle After an unsuccessful attempt to sketch the fountain in the middle of the Inner Alster lake from a cold and w...

In 2007 building started on the Elbphilharmonie, a brand new concert hall for the Hamburg Philharmonic orchestra built in the Speicherstadt ...

The radio beside her is transmitting a church service but it is in German, an as-yet unlearned language for this 15 year old, so she checks...

After five days in the middle of Berlin the lush green of Hamburg sooths the travel weary soul.

Climbing the glass dome of the Bundestag is unforgettable. We hadn't pre-registered online so we lined up with others in the 'spont...

Berlin car drivers are quite a different breed to those in Sydney. In Berlin there are bicycles everywhere and cars slow down to let them m...

If you buy a three day museum card you feel obliged to use it, so for the last three days we have been to see more museums than you could po...

I always imagine museums to be full of stuffed birds (which perhaps they were once upon a time) so I am caught by surprise when one capture...

Graffiti on inner courtyards (with bicycles) in the arty Berlin suburb of Hackescher Markt .... and a photo taken inside the Anne Frank Mus...

The Maribor Music Festival is over for another year. Wonderful music as always and very appreciative audiences. Brava to Brigita and the or...

The Gypsy Devils  played in Maribor on Sunday night to a very enthusiastic audience. Two and a half hours of virtuosic music with no notes a...

Maribor on the River Drava: taken on the only fine day this week Town square in Maribor Maribor is a city that captures your heart. ...

You have to admire an airport that has fish ponds and rooms of butterflies to entertain their guests. Singapore airport .... if you have to ...

Hallelujah!  Just as well we have inspiring musicians to lift our spirits.

The Government report on the rollout (or lack of it) of the national broadband network (NBN) today  has provoked a stream of twitter comment...

Welcome respite from the world's woes ... watching chickens bask in the sunshine.

We think we are civilised, or have have become civilised but how far have humans really progressed? My twitter feed this morning is full of ...

For those Australians who saw Jonas Kaufmann last week and need another little fix, try the link below. The thing I found most fascinating...

Becoming an artist Teachers have such power, though they may not think so themselves. So many people have told me that they can't ...

My doodle for today.