To me one of our greatest achievements is the humble boat. For thousands of years boats have served us by enabling migration, by making fishing a viable food source for large communities; have enabled the crossing of oceans, the establishment of global trade and brought untold recreational pleasure to millions. No other craft takes us […]
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I first set foot on Achill Island, County Mayo a couple of years ago. At the time I was only a little aware of its significance in the life of Ireland’s beloved pirate queen, Gráinne Ní Mháillem (Grace O’Malley). In the last few months my awareness of this incredible woman and her place in sixteenth […]
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Tomm Otterness’s ‘Other Worlds’ sculptures in Hamad International Airport are imposing, engaging, whimsical and amusing all in the same visual feast. It pays to linger here just a little more than you might and pay attention to the detail. The initial wow turns to intrigue as those odd little bronze protrusions start coming to life […]
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There are many rite of passage traditions we observe, give meaning to and feel some strong emotive connection with. Today our daughter and her partner boarded a plane for Europe, a trip the two of them had planned for more than a year. Funny how I never imagined how important this would be to me […]
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Building designers sometimes enlist incredibly talented artists to help create the mood and feel of a building. While travelling though Hamad Airport I particularly noticed that very special attention to detail was everywhere. There were no dead spaces. There were no visual eyesores. The entire and vast space was a visual delight. I’m not sure […]
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