Moira Furnace
picture essay, travel Miklos Kiss picture essay, travel Miklos Kiss

Moira Furnace

Moira Furnace is a nineteenth-century iron-making blast furnace located in Moira, Leicestershire, on the banks of the Ashby-de-la-Zouch Canal.

It is a most important industrial monument, since it is remarkably well-preserved, and dates from a formative period of the Industrial Revolution.

Read More
Fly-tipped
documentary, photographs, picture essay Miklos Kiss documentary, photographs, picture essay Miklos Kiss

Fly-tipped

A week ago, a truck fly-tipped a load of waste onto the little road I can see from the back of my house. They did this blatantly and in broad daylight on Saturday morning. Within a couple of minutes, they were gone.

What looked like general household waste was eventually revealed to be a large quantity of building crap - rubble, plaster, and other solid and heavy debris. I posted a photo on our local community forum. Various people thought they saw the truck but didn’t get the licence number. Others pitched in saying they thought the licence plate was either covered, removed or fake. Somebody managed to get a photo of the truck making its getaway.

Read More
Rudston Monolith
picture essay, photographs Miklos Kiss picture essay, photographs Miklos Kiss

Rudston Monolith

I was once driving back home from Bamburgh in Northumberland and came across the amazing site of a giant megalith in the churchyard of a Norman church. I had no idea why there was an enormous - obviously ancient - standing stone in such close proximity to a beautiful old church. I had to stop and have a closer look.

Read More
Topkapı Palace
travel, picture essay Miklos Kiss travel, picture essay Miklos Kiss

Topkapı Palace

The Topkapı Palace, or the Seraglio, is a large museum in the east of the Fatih district of Istanbul in Turkey. In the 15th and 16th centuries, it served as the main residence and administrative headquarters of the Ottoman sultans.

Read More
A boat trip from Oxford
picture essay, journal Miklos Kiss picture essay, journal Miklos Kiss

A boat trip from Oxford

Last Sunday I had the great pleasure of being invited along on a boat trip down the River Thames - a celebration of my partner's uncle's 80th birthday.

We set off at noon from Folly Bridge in Oxford, passed through two locks, sailed as far as Abingdon, turned round and came back.

Read More