'A walk in the dark' by Jonathan Jones. The Guardian, 17 August, 2006
- Hogarth Trail.

Light Magic: The life and work of Charles Rennie Mackintosh (iToors.com).

Have just discovered the city daily photoblogs, including:
Paris Daily Photo Blog, Edinburgh Daily Photo Blog and, of course, London Daily Photo Blog.

Through this last, I have discovered Pigeon Blog and some March of the Penguins links, including the March of the Penguins game.

History, Sun, And Fresh Air: Museums With Parks And Gardens (Untold London).

Discover London Trails (24 hour museum), including Historic Gardens Museum Trail and Bright Lights and City Squares.

RSA Anniversary Treasure Trail. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Ethnomedica: Remembered Remedies - Researching the Herbal Traditions of Britain.

Dick Bruna is being honoured with a museum for his work in his hometown of Utrecht. Dick Bruna Huis opens on Saturday 18 February. More in today's Guardian. Miffy fun on the official Dick Bruna site and Noggin.

Spent most of this week on business in Bremen, where I was delighted to see the statue of the famous musicians.

Sur la Lune Fairy Tales includes the tale and illustrations by Walter Crane and Arthur Rackham.

The Bremen Tourism site has pictures and the 1847 version of the tale.

Brementown Musicians includes an interactive tale and game.

Mappa Mundi (Hereford Catherdral website)

Mappa Mundi (Hereford Web Pages)

Making a Mappamundi: the Hereford map by Scott D. Westrem

Mappa Mundi: a medieval look at time and place by Peg Meier

An article in today's Guardian discusses the ongoing tourist industry based on Jane Austen, her life and works. Includes a brief list of places to visit:
'A literary sensibility that makes solid financial sense' by Steven Morris. Guardian, Saturday 3 September 2005.

The Virtual Uffizi "contains 505 exact files, one for each of the painting exhibited in the real "Uffizi Gallery", plus apx. 400 images of the above mentioned files. (The number of paintings exhibited is always changing due to restorations, external exhibitions, damages from the 1993 bomb, new acquisitions and so on)." (Introduction).

The ultimate in busman's holidays would be to stay in the Library Hotel, whose every floor represents a different part of the Dewey Decimal Classification scheme. There's a virtual tour on their web-site and the whole place looks amazing. At the end of last year the Hotel agreed with OCLC to give a donation to a children's literacy scheme in exchange for the right to use the DDC concept. See the OCLC's press release for more details.