2020-06-07 17:54
One of the greatest musicians of our generation, Prince would have been 62 today Read More
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2020-05-14 10:12
It’s very windy today in London. I’ve just spotted this broken branch which reminded me of the aerial view of Keshit Village in Kerman Province, Iran Read More
2020-05-14 10:07
2020-05-01 10:51
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2020-04-06 11:09
"In one hand holding A cup of wine In the other caressing your hair What I really yearn for Is dancing with you in the open-air!" My free translation of this beautiful fragment from a poem b… Read More
2020-04-04 17:50
The cup created masterfully for you to take Even a drunk consider impertinent to break So many beautiful heads and feet, from top to toe Created by whose love, shattered by whose woe My tran… Read More
2020-04-04 15:29
How sweet the flowers are! Enjoy them now, for they As quickly as they bloomed Will fall and fade away. We're all friends here my dear, Sing love songs! Why should you Sing yet again? As tha… Read More
2020-03-16 17:22
I can see a Persian cypress in my Turkish coffee reading Read More
2020-03-03 11:25
A police water cannon spraying disinfectant against the coronavirus in the street in Tehran & a scene from Mad Max Read More
2020-02-19 11:14
Early 20th century musicians in Iran; retouched and colourised by @arefadib Read More
2020-02-11 11:30
Spring and all its flowers now joyously break their vow of silence. It is time for celebration, not for lying low; You too — weed out those roots of sadness from your heart. The Sabaa… Read More
2020-01-20 10:55
Pinner House Pinner High Street St John the Baptist, Pinner Read More
2019-10-02 11:39
My evergreen succulent plants are doing well Read More
2019-09-22 20:38
Bouquet in Imperial Style by Boris Orlov 1988 at the Tate Modern and a toy peddler in Iran, 1964 Read More
2019-09-06 11:53
Everything is art. Everything is politics Read More
2019-09-02 10:46
Cheapside in London, 1900 & 2019 Read More
2019-07-22 17:00
Florence Norman, a suffragette in London in 1916 and Paris, the electric scooter capital of the world, in 2019 Read More
2019-07-22 16:57
Les Halles in Paris, a painting by Léon Augustin Lhermitte from 1895 and today in 2019 Read More
2019-07-08 17:44
Hampstead Heath, my little Iran! Read More
2019-07-04 11:36
Having a break in the Qajar period in Iran View larger image Read More
2019-07-03 08:35
Iran has one of the highest rates of 'nose job' in the world. Apparently, Rhinoplasties have been performed since the Achaemenid Empire Read More
2019-04-09 11:54
The St. Bavo Church in Haarlem (1696 & 2019) Bakenessergracht (1662 & 2019) Read More
2019-03-12 08:56
My mum’s homage to Vincent van Gogh Read More
2018-11-11 19:47
St Jude’s Church with its 178 feet long spire & the Shard Read More
2018-10-30 16:05
This astrological miniature ( ca.1582 ) depicts the zodiac sign Leo, the lion, ridden by a personification of the Lady Sun (Khorshid Khanoom خورشید خ……Read More
2018-10-07 20:35
Caucasian elm & detail from a Sohrab Sepehri’s painting. Today marks the 90th birthday of the late Sohrab Sepehri (7 October 1928 - 21 April 1980) Read More
2018-09-29 12:15
Four seasons view from my window: Rowan (Mountain-ash) Read More
2018-08-31 08:24
Russia’s electric car, the Kalashnikov CV-1 (2018) and Iran’s Paykan (1978) Read More
2018-08-21 20:24
Peeling paints of a wall at Calke Abbey and Mark Rothko’s “Yellow Blue Orange 1955” Read More
2018-08-21 20:19
Not much has changed at Calke Abbey - built in 1701 & now in 2018 Read More
2018-08-06 08:15
The National Trust's Sunnycroft in 1950 (needlework by Joan Lander) & today in 2018 Read More
2018-07-13 08:30
English novelist George Orwell & Masoud Farzad, an early BBC Persian broadcaster and poet Read More
2018-06-10 21:34
“The Angel, Cookham Churchyard 1936” a painting by Stanley Spencer and a picture l have taken today Read More
2018-05-31 08:28
"As long as poppies bloom, life must be lived." ~ Sohrab Sepehri Read More
2018-05-21 11:06
Temperate House - the world's largest Victorian glasshouse - at the Kew Gardens, in 1863 and 2018 Read More
2018-04-18 12:26
South End Green (Hampstead), then & now! Pencil on Paper by Noelle Sandwith (1927-2006) Read More
2018-04-01 11:38
Yesterday I spotted Johnny Depp in Modigliani exhibition at Tate Modern. The picture on the left is Dr Paul Alexandre who was Modigliani's first patron Read More
2018-03-23 20:20
Sonbol (Hyacinth) is talking to Sabzeh (Nowruz Sprout) Read More
2018-03-16 11:02
National Iranian Radio and Television Choir #Hamavazan - then and now! Read More
2018-03-12 10:09
I have spotted Scooby-Doo at Kew Gardens Read More
2018-02-21 12:51
Portrait of a Man by Rembrandt at Hermitage Amsterdam and Fyodor Dostoyevsky Read More
2018-01-20 15:15
Peeling paint on a wall in Golders Green & Greenland Read More
2018-01-11 11:05
Ney and Kamancheh at the Brunei Gallery, SOAS Read More
2018-01-02 11:00
Tree in Parliament Hill, 10 years later (2008 & 2018) Read More
2017-11-01 11:05
Two Illustrations by the evolutionary scientist Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919) who coined such terms as ‘stem cell’ & ‘ecology’, and two Central Medallions, the most c… Read More
2017-10-31 17:49
Hargrave Road, Archway N19 (1904 & 2017) Read More
2017-10-14 19:11
Before & After Planners: Dartmouth Park Hill in 1976 & 2017 Read More
2017-10-02 09:13
An amusing illustration of the oldest surviving Persian Rug (4th century BC) at the British Museum's shop, possibly inspired by The Simpsons! The Pazyryk carpet was excavated in 1949 from th… Read More
2017-09-28 14:19
According to Professor Michael Barry, Matisse was overwhelmed by the Persian miniatures in the Paris and Munich exhibitions of 1903, 1910 and 1912, then by masterpieces in southern Spain and… Read More
2017-09-19 10:24
Wilmington Square (south side) in 1945 and 2017 Read More
2017-09-18 15:28
2017-09-14 11:05
2017-09-11 08:53
The Son of Man is a 1964 painting by René Magritte Read More
2017-09-08 15:11
Bedrooms in Hafslo (Norway) & Arles (France) Bedroom in Arles is the title given to each of three similar paintings by Vincent van Gogh. Van Gogh's own title for this composition was sim… Read More
2017-08-02 13:11
These bus seats were mistaken for burqas by members of a Norwegian anti-immigrant group. > Read the funny news Read More
2017-07-21 11:10
Which one is madder? Iraqi police display captured vehicles that were turned into armoured car bombs for suicide attacks by Islamic State militants during the battle for Mosul. The cars are… Read More
2017-07-08 10:47
I have recently done a DNA test and here is the result: Now like Cyrus I could say: I am Mehrdad, an Achaemenid! Read More
2017-06-28 22:30
New Bond Street in London, exactly 50 years apart: 28 June 1967 & 28 June 2017 >> View larger image Read More
2017-06-21 13:45
When the Queen drops a subtle hint! May drops key manifesto pledges from Queen's speech and focuses on Brexit Read More
2017-06-11 10:46
British horror comedies: Advisors and Sightseers Theresa May advisors Nick Timothy and Fiona Hill quit while the PM clings on despite no overall majority. In Sightseers, a 2012 British horro… Read More
2017-05-31 09:56
Today's https://www.google.com/doodles/celebrating-zaha-hadid">Google Doodle suggests Architect Zaha Hadid had nose-twitching magic powers Read More
2017-05-22 15:26
Hezar Cham, Mazandaran Province, Iran in 1833 & 2016. Hezar Cham is between Tehran and Chalus, near the Caspian Sea. The watercolour by traveller Godfrey Thomas Vigne (1801-1863) is kept… Read More
2017-05-18 11:25
(14 May 2017) This Chestnut-leaved Oak (Bolandmazu in Persian) comes from Iran and was planted in 1846 at Kew Gardens. It stretches 30 metres high and 30 metres wide and is still growing fas… Read More
2017-04-28 10:37
The Nature Bridge in Tehran & the proposed Garden Bridge across the Thames which was scrapped by London mayor Sadiq Khan Read More
2017-04-05 10:27
The multi-award-winning actors: Fatemeh Motamed-Arya and Meryl Streep. >> Here are more look-alikes Read More
2017-03-17 15:47
"Love After Love" The time will come when, with elation you will greet yourself arriving at your own door, in your own mirror and each will smile at the other's welcome, and say, sit here. E… Read More
2017-03-12 11:36
Mahsa Vahdat: Kissing the Wine Jug لب بر لب کوزه بردم از غایت آ… Read More
2017-02-16 11:11
A photo of plastic ewers (aftabeh) taken by my cousin in Shiraz and "Tehran Candella" by Scottish artist David Batchelor, a site-specific work at AB-ANBAR Gallery in Tehran. >> Read Th… Read More
2017-02-10 10:09
Best cinematography Oscars winners (1927-2016). Emmanuel Lubezki won in the last three consecutive years for Gravity (2013), Birdman (2014), and The Revenant (2015) Read More
2017-02-08 08:35
Trees by Sohrab Sepehri & Anselm Kiefer "Tonight I must go! I must take a suitcase Big enough to contain my shirt of loneliness And walk in a direction Where epic-singing trees can be se… Read More
2017-02-02 17:56
Tehran covered in snow & detail from The Hunters in the Snow, a 1565 oil-on-wood painting by Flemish artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder Read More
2017-01-18 17:54
A good friend & Reflection (What Does your Soul Look Like?) by the painter Peter Doig Read More
2017-01-03 14:27
Dulwich College by Camille Pissarro 1871 and in 2017 >> View larger image Read More
2017-01-01 15:36
New Year's Day, 8 am in an empty Regent Street. May all your red lights turn green in 2017! Read More
2016-12-19 10:46
A pottery vessel found in Shahr-e Sukhteh, now in the National Museum of Iran and our small Christmas tree Read More
2016-12-16 14:00
Bitter orange tree under the snow in Shiraz (photo taken by my cousin) and The Great Wave off Kanagawa Read More
2016-12-07 10:59
Hasan Abad in Tehran and Camden Town in London Read More
2016-11-12 11:14
"I have a Conde guitar, which was made in Spain ... I put my face close to the beautifully designed rosette, and I inhaled the fragrance of the living wood. You know that wood never dies. I… Read More
2016-09-02 09:53
>> View larger image Dam Square in Amsterdam painted by George Hendrik Breitner in 1898 and my photo taken in August 2016 Read More
2016-08-26 10:17
Red cabbage and Gustav Klimt (1862–1918) Read More
2016-06-13 12:15
2016-04-29 13:11
Waterlow Park is a 26-acre park in the south-east of Highgate Village, in north London. It was given to the public by Sydney Waterlow, as "a garden for the gardenless" in 1889. >> View… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Detail of a painting View of Florence from San Miniato 1837 by American artist Thomas Cole Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) & National Iranian Radio and Television (NIRT) National Iranian Radio and Television (NIRT) was the first Iranian radio and televisi… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Levers Water, a turn on the Coniston fells 1923 & 2011 A few years ago I bought a watercolour painting by Cuthbert Rigby RA, RWS (1850-1935) titled "Levers Water, a turn on the Coniston… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Hampstead Underground station entrance 13 July 1955 by Ben Brooksbank & 8 March 2014 by Mehrdad Aref-Adib Read More
2015-11-28 11:36
ای عاشقان ای عاشقان آمد گه وصل و ل… Read More
2015-11-06 09:40
Iran will keep the same pose. See Iran Coming Out of the Shadows by Karl Vick and the photographer Newsha Tavakolian. View larger image Read More
2015-10-20 10:27
Glenn Gould and Yehudi Menuhin playing J.S. Bach Violin Sonata No. 4 in C minor (BWV 1017) Read More
2015-09-15 11:20
2015-09-13 22:53
Jeremy Corbyn, the new leader of the Labour Party & the Dutch photographer and film director Anton Corbijn - here with the English actor Robert Pattinson Read More
2015-08-05 09:44
Detail from a miniature in Bustan of Sadi 1629 and Paul Cezanne's Still Life Apples and Pears 1887 >> View larger image Read More
2015-07-20 15:28
László Moholy-Nagy self-portrait (1944), part of his early experimentation with colour transparencies. He was born on this day in 1895. Moholy-Nagy was a Hungarian painter and… Read More
2015-06-19 13:48
Frida Kahlo - Viva la Vida, Watermelons - 1954 Pablo Neruda's "Ode to the Watermelon" The tree of intense summer, hard, is all blue sky, yellow sun, fatigue in drops, a sword above the highw… Read More
2015-05-28 20:25
Look-alikes: Red Grapes and a Carnelian Pendant Read More
2015-05-21 21:06
View of Glasgow in 1840s and 2015 >>View larger image Read More
2015-05-21 21:06
View of Glasgow in 1840s and 2015 >>View larger image Read More
2015-05-21 20:59
The Edinburgh Castle from Princes Street Garden in 1860s and 2015 >>View larger image Read More
2015-05-21 20:59
The Edinburgh Castle from Princes Street Garden in 1860s and 2015 >>View larger image Read More
2015-05-06 08:37
I’m a native of Kashan. My descent perhaps goes back to a plant in India or to an earthen vase from the soil of Kerameikos in Athens ~ Sohrab Sepehri >> View larger image Read More
