Today marks the 70th birthday of the National Health Service. It's a birthday worth celebrating, and it conveniently falls on Throwback Thursday. The NHS isn't perfect, but what is? It's something one easily takes for granted. Up until the point when it is needed, when it suddenly becomes a life saver that it worth every … Continue reading #TBT NHS
When I left Mexico in 2011, the city was making some effort to spruce up a few of its landmarks, historic streets and monuments, The Revolution monument perhaps being the best example. I rather hope they got around, or will get around, to fixing up the La Raza monument. It was looking very much the … Continue reading #TBT La Raza Monument
My search for famous murals, or even less than famous murals so long as they have been painted by famous muralists, has taken me across the city, from north to south, east and west. And Tepito. Sort of. But today's trek takes some beating. I visited the Monumento a la Raza yesterday, and went on … Continue reading Medicinal Murals
The Mexile 