DaithaiC
Blog URL http://www.daithaic.blogspot.com
Located London, London United Kingdom
Tags Architecture, Irish Interest, Travel, Transport, Issues
An Irish expat in London casting a cold eye on life.
Latest Blog Posts
- Mapping the World on Nov 22, 2009 in Routemaster London Transport Museum Frank Pick Douglas Scott Tube Map Mark Ovenden Harry Beck Great British Design Quest British Design London Underground The Tube
Harry Beck's original 1933 Underground Map Click on maps for a larger imageIt is acknowledged that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery so by any standards the world’s most flattered mapmaker must be Harry Beck who devised the famous diagram...
- Je ne regrette rien? on Nov 21, 2009 in South Africa 2010 France Ireland Handball sport Thierry Henry Frogs Football FIFA world cup Soccer
Thierry HenryAfter France won their World Cup qualifier against Ireland last Wednesday at the Stade de Fraud, Paris, with Thierry Henry’s handball the cry went up around France’s former Republican ally “Liberté, égalité, fraternité et repla...
- The Hand of the French on Nov 19, 2009 in South Africa 2010 France Ireland Handball sport Thierry Henry Frogs Football FIFA world cup Soccer
Le French Hand job! Merde!Feelings are running high in Ireland after the country failed to qualify for World Cup 2010 in South Africa. The only topic of discussion in Ireland today is the French Hand job! Merde!! Ireland suffered the cruelest of Worl...
- Belle de Jour on Nov 16, 2009 in Criminalisation UK Dip British Drama Wolverhampton Call Girl anonymous blogging Belle de Jour Escort Girls Dr Brooke Magnanti Prostitution London
Dr. Brooke MagnantiCongratulations and solidarity across the Blogosphere to Dr. Brooke Magnanti who has outed herself as the blogger and former Escort girl “Belle de Jour.” Magnanti has said in her coming out interview with The Times, the former...
- Armistice Day 2009 - End of a generation on Nov 11, 2009 in Beaurevoir British Cemetery Henry Allingham Poppy Armistice James McMahon Edward Kenny Flanders Battle of the Somme France Harry Patch Bill Stone Great War J R Tolkien Cenotaph
The passing of the First World War generation was marked by a special memorial service at Westminster Abbey today as millions of people across Britain and Europe observed the two-minute Armistice Day silence.Ninety-one years after the guns fell silen...
- Jewish Prague on Nov 9, 2009 in Franz Kafka Rabbi Loew Jewish Prague Golem Theresienstadt Holocaust Josefov Czech Republic Praha Shoah Jewish Museum Prague Czechoslovakia
Old Jewish CemeteryPrague is one of the oldest Jewish Centres in Central Europe and the Jewish Community has a history going back over one thousand years. Most of the Jewish sites of Prague are in the Josefov, The Jewish Quarter. When this was redeve...
- Art Nouveau Prague on Nov 8, 2009 in Barcelona Alfons Mucha Prague Art Nouveau Municipal House Architecture Riga Prague Czech Republic Glasgow Praha
Municipal HouseSince the collapse of the Iron Curtain in 1991, Prague has become one of Europe’s - and the worlds - most popular tourist destinations. As in London, Paris, and Rome, visitors flock to the gorgeous buildings and monuments that grace...
