Author Archives: Gillian Darley

A nice sight for an author! a lovely great heap of their books handily positioned to catch exhibition goers leaving the fantastic, poignant show Life and Death Pompeii and Herculaneum  at the British Museum until 29 September 2013. Thursday 2 May I’ll be talking about how one volcano caught the imagination of the world, from […]

Looking out from the Rubicon. Shard far left, London Eye towards the right. Kings Cross sheds in their glory. Soon ten storey bocks will obstruct the view, leaving just two chinks.    

Walking at weekend struck by this landscape, universal in its look. Essex…and to catch more glimpses of this maligned county see Jonathan Meades excellent programme for BBC 4  

        Cambridge Botanic Garden, the winter garden – exuberant branchscape.

February 2013 Nice rhythmic view of Newcastle-Gateshead seen from a wintry Castle roof. We’re filming here for the forthcoming BBC4 feature on Ian Nairn.