Composed Images
The Brexit Party conference tour stopped in Newport on Saturday. Occasionally you find yourself photographing events which seem to firmly timestamp a moment, to reflect something much wider. Which isn’t to claim the images are unique or remarkable in the widest sense. This was one of several similar Brexit Party conference dates across Britain, one […]
At a time when most high streets appear boringly samey, dominated by shouty big brand names, I find myself increasingly drawn to traditional indoor markets. Indoor markets offer a portal into an era of traditional retail: butchers, bakers, grocers, cobblers, record stores. And of beguiling old brickabrack: ornaments, grandfather clocks, vinyl, framed pictures and posters. […]
St Fagans National Museum of History is a true treasure of Wales and Britain. It was fantastic to see it named Art Fund Museum of the Year last week, beating off four other contenders from around the UK to win the prestigious £100,000 prize. St Fagans National Museum of History St Fagans allows visitors to […]
Our first trip away as a family of four took us to North Devon in mid-June. And we picked a week of almost constant rain. We stayed in one of a complex of several farmhouses near Ilfracombe. The farm had a few large fields in which we could exercise the dog, but there was no […]
Leyton Orient manager Justin Edinburgh died yesterday, aged 49, five days after suffering a cardiac arrest. He has dominated my thoughts over the last 24 hours – along with football, life and death. Some of those thoughts… If you follow football for most of your life, a false closeness can develop with football people. You […]
“Cheese! Cheese! Cheese!” The crowd starts chanting, a low rumble at first. Slowly it builds until everyone is on the same page. “Cheese! Cheese! Cheese!” They are calling for the release of the first roll of cheese from the top of Cooper’s Hill. Or perhaps simply expressing their love of cheese. It doesn’t really matter. […]
Gloucester was a gateway city for me, the first city I came to know well. Gloucester (‘Glarster’ if you’re local, perhaps ‘Glowsester’ if you’re American, or ‘Gloster’ to anyone else) was the closest city to where I grew up in the Forest of Dean. We often made the half hour journey for shopping and dentist […]
Ten years as a freelancer is a milestone worth marking. Employed members of staff might earn some small recognition from bosses and colleagues, but freelancers often just have to slap their own backs. So here is an honest, slightly indulgent account of the last decade. Ten years ago this month I was made redundant from […]
The annual Cardiff St David’s Day Parade took place last Friday. It’s a traditional Cardiff event which I have photographed a number of times. Although I remain disappointed about missing the 2018 event. Last year it arrived in the midst of the second ‘Beast From The East’. This blast of arctic weather generated a major […]
On Saturday evening Cardiff City played their first home match since the disappearance of new club record signing Emiliano Sala and his light aircraft pilot David Ibbotson. There were a number of tributes and an outpouring of emotion from the stands, players and staff, including Cardiff manager Neil Warnock. Since visiting Cardiff City Stadium the […]