New signage at the entrance to Dumbarton FC Stadium, The Rock:-

Artwork by Lewis Deeney in concourse:-

Elephant and castle (as on the club badge) with trunk changing into a path –

Goal being scored with the ball turning into a sunrise over Dumbarton Rock –

New artificial pitch:-

The Brontës were not just writers. They also painted.

Portrait of Anne Brontë by Charlotte Brontë:-

Sketches by Charlotte:-

Charlotte’s paintbox and three works:-

Engraving of Geneva by Anne:-

Portraits by Branwell:-

Portrait of Charlotte by J H Thompson:-

Portrait of Brontë siblings:-

The Vicar’s Pele is a building which stands in the grounds surrounding St Andrew’s Church. It was once the vicarage for the church but now houses a pub!

St Andrew’s Church (stitch of two photos):-

Inside the church was an art installation by Keith Roberts MRSS, named Caporetto after the Great War battle also known as the Twelfth Battle of the Isonzo.

“Caporetto” installation information:-

These photos were all taken inside Bamburgh Castle.

Model of Castle:-

Painting of Castle by J M W Turner:-

King’s Hall:-

King’s Hall ceiling:-

A passageway:-

Window embrasure showing thickness of castle wall:-

A stairwell:-

Stone arched passageway:-

Stone ceiling:-

I noted that the book Kings of Space by Capt W E Johns which I reviewed last week had some colour illustrations. These were credited to an artist named only as Stead.

Here are four of them.

The Solar System:-

The Spacemaster takes off:-

Spacemaster in flight:-

The Moon:-

More from the Vaughan bequest transfer (see last post.)

Fittingly, this one is of Edinburgh:-

The West Gate, Canterbury:-

Shipping:-

The Doge’s Palace and Piazetta:-

Storm at the Mouth of the Grand Canal:-

Bellinzone, Switzerland:-

Ostend Harbour:-

Plymouth:-

Every January the Scottish National Gallery in Princes Street, Edinburgh, displays its bequest of works by J M W Turner. The terms of the bequest by Henry Vaughan dictated that these works could only be shown in January in order to protect them from damage by light.

In 2025  there was a variation to this practice in that the Edinburgh Gallery swapped its collection with that of the National Gallery of Ireland.

The day we went there was a long queue to get in (in normal years there isn’t) but we did we get to see a lot of Turners new to us.

Clovelly Bay North Devon:-

Chatel Argent above Villeneuve:-

Beech tree:-

A river in the Campagne:-

Old Dover Harbour and Shakespeare’s Cliff:-

More from the house in Bellahouston Park, Glasgow, built from designs by Charles Rennie Mackintosh.

Wood Panelling:-

Hall and balcony:_

A fireplace:-

Another fireplace:-

Window and lantern-style light:-

Window seat, candleholder, and external detail:-

The House for an Art Lover, in Bellahouston Park, Glasgow, which I mentioned here, was built to designs by Charles Rennie Mackintosh which had not been used in his lifetime.

Exterior:-

Model inside. The similarities to Hill House are unmistakable:-

Reverse of model:-

More from the Alfred Buckham exhibition at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.

I just love photos of Great War era battleships. This is USS Wyoming with the Forth Bridge behind. Buckham added colour to this by hand:-

Christ Statue, Rio de Janeiro. Buckham enhanced the photo to highlight the figure:-

Botafogo Bay:-

Buenos Aires City Hall:-

Teotihuacan Pyramids:-

Pre-Inca irrigation ditches, Peru:-

Caldera of Popocatépetl:-