It’s the Tube, but not as you know it

Door number 8 of our Advent calendar reveals a Tube that is unlikely to look as peaceful as here at this time of year …. Should your commute not be your favourite part of the day (highly likely if you live in London), take a look at Simon Hadleigh-Sparks’s London Underground calendar where he captures retro wall tiles as well as futuristic escalators, reminding us that the Tube can be uniquely beautiful – when empty.

Once upon a time, there was a castle …

Opening door 7 of our Advent calendar to this fabulous image of Herstmonceaux Castle in East Sussex. The 15th century moated castle with Elizabethan gardens is one of the many historic stars in our author David Ireland’s Castles of Kent and Sussex wall calendar. Would certainly make a great Christmas gift for history buffs and lovers of English castles …

The beauty of beetles

Day six of our Advent calendar and who knew that beetles could look so stylish: Macro photography at its best in Dirk Langenhan’s Wonderful Beetles calendar. We’re quite taken by the metallic sheen …