The Bridgewater Hall is a large, modern concert venue in Manchester city centre. Opened in 1996, not only is it the home to The Halle orchestra but it is where I had my university graduation back in 2009. Strangely this is the first photograph I have published of the Hall and this was not only taken at night but taken back in 2007, how it never made it on the site I do not know.

This sculpture is an abstract relief design by Brain Asquith. The left side is in bronze and the right made of steel. It symbolises the making of steel by fire and mechanical means using the Earth’s elements and resources. It was commissioned by the former Westminster Bank, in Sheffield High Street, and unveiled on 10th May 1965. It was rested here on the outside of the Pennine Building of Sheffield Hallam University on 15 December 1995.

My cousin recently asked for a recommendation of where to visit in Venice. Like I tell everyone who asks me this question, “take the boat over to the island of Burano”. As you can see from my photograph above the rows of colourfully painted houses along the canal make it worth the 45 minute boat journey from mainland Venice.

Liverpool is home to the oldest Chinese community in Europe and this arch is located at the gateway. It is also the largest, multiple-span arch of its kind outside China. I have been wanting to get a photograph of the arch for a long time, but with the cars parked on the street below the arch it makes it very difficult to get the picture I would like to capture without including cars. Maybe next time I need to get to Liverpool very early on a Sunday morning.