To Newcastle on Friday to hear the incomparable #StephenHough playing #Brahms Piano Concerto No.1. Also a chance to enjoy the daffodils at Seaton Delaval Hall, where they had been commemorating the 300th anniversary of the death of #Vanbrugh who designed the house

Happy Birthday to Sir John Vanbrugh, born #OTD in 1664!

To mark the occasion, here's another picture from my visit to Castle Howard in July 2025.

#vanbrugh #vanbrugh300 #georgianarchitecture #classicalarchitecture #castlehoward #baroquearchitecture #countryhouse #northyorkshire

Happy New Year everyone! Since 2026 is #vanbrugh300 year, let's start as we mean to go on...here's a flashback to my trip to Castle Howard in July last year.

#castlehoward #georgianarchitecture #classicalarchitecture #baroquearchitecture #northyorkshire #vanbrugh #sirjohnvanbrugh

House from front left quarter, sunlit in early morning.

South-Eastward facing frontage, cropped to just windows and door.

Kings Weston House, Bristol.

#Architecture #Vanbrugh #KingsWestonHouse

Figures in the city
Greenwich, London, 2023
Silver gelatin print
#photography #streetphotography #believeinfilm #blackandwhitephoto #analoguephoto #London #Greenwich #people #women #figures #navalcollege #university #baroque #17century #Hawksmoor #Wren #Vanbrugh #urban #urbanlandscape #classical

Our visit to Brideshead, oops, I mean the grade one listed Castle Howard. This beautiful building was designed in the first decade of the 18th century by John Vanbrugh, assisted by Nicholas Hawksmoor.
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#travelphotography #castlehoward #northyorkshire #bridesheadrevisited #Vanbrugh #hawksmoor

Couples in the city no. 40
Greenwich, London, 2024
Silver gelatin print
#photography #streetphotography #believeinfilm #blackandwhitephoto #London #Greenwich #people #men #women #couple #figures #city #RoyalNavalCollege #Wren #Hawksmoor #Vanbrugh #baroque #urban #urbanlandscape #sunlight #shadow

One for #throwbackthursday
Playing for the Lions part's production of The City Wives Confederacy at Greenwich Playhouse in 2009

#Vanbrugh #restorationdrama #restorationcomedy #earlymusic #thelionspart #earlymodern #earlymoderndrama #musicianlife #17thCentury #17thC