Sunset over Margate
For anyone who asks me what it is that draws me to Margate, here’s my answer (part 1). Turner wasn’t daft when he was drawn there, and neither am I!Filed under: England, Landscape, Margate Tagged:...
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Summer came to town yesterday!!! Just as the trees were putting on their new green jackets we were all stripping off the layers and I was basking in the sun wondering if I was already in the South of...
View ArticleNice to Know You
It’s virtually impossible to do a blog post on Nice in France without some kind of pun in the title! And in truth I have been getting to know Nice, in spite of the somewhat inclement weather. My first...
View ArticleIt’s all about who you know…..
A couple of weeks ago I was at Cannes Film festival, mostly accompanying my partner, Fred, who was promoting a film he was producer and editor of, and attending the premier of another film, My Feral...
View ArticleSome Margate Gems
This week I was invited to photograph Margate for the local tourist board, while joining them on a whistletop ‘fam tour’ of the town. I like to think I know Margate well, as I divide my time between my...
View ArticleLondon’s Little Scandinavia
I was recently invited to attend a Sunday church service and I jumped at the chance! Not, I confess, because I’d had a spiritual reawakening. I was simply curious to visit this place of worship in one...
View ArticleIn Time of the Breaking of Nations
It is still less than a week since the British referendum result. And yet it feels so much longer. So much has happened since then that I cannot a recall a time in British history so tumultuous. I feel...
View ArticleIn Light of Recent Events
Well, the American Presidential votes have been counted and the number that was cast for a candidate whose campaign was built on inciting hatred and intolerance is, to borrow a quote from the day of...
View ArticleFarewell Colin O’Brien
If this year isn’t remembered for being the year of Brexit and Trump, it will be for all the painful losses that we have suffered, of people who brought poetry and beauty to the planet rather than...
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