I’ve been a bit quiet because I was on holiday in Sicily. There is so much graffiti in Catania – arty pieces, political slogans, tags, messages of love, expressions of ire, and plenty I couldn’t decipher. With the peeling paintwork of predominantly baroque architecture there’s a scruffy charm I ought to have photographed. But I was busy eating too much and drinking plenty of cheap delicious wine.

In the absence of a decent visual record of my time away, Here’s a somewhat unrelated link to Unsplash which is a great resource of free-to-use photos that don’t all look stock library ish. Be sure to give credit with any use – we wouldn’t want to lose willing contributions from talent deserving of recognition.

Oh, also! In Sicily we saw a fab Escher exhibition which is on until Nov 5 if you get a chance to see it. Here’s my son looking cool on cue.