Last month we visited Knebworth House in Hertfordshire, to watch Medieval Jousting being demonstrated in the grounds. As eagle eyed readers will know, Knebworth is a large stately home just outside of London, which is most notorious for hosting a variety of rock concerts from the 60s through to the present. In fact, the house itself …
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Is Everyone stupid or selfish, yaah?
Another election has passed in the UK. All over social media hands have been wrung left and centre as people seem to think people who voted were stupid, misled, wrong and selfish. I couldn’t disagree more. I’m very happy with this election, because: more people voted than 5 years ago. It was toxic and corrosive to …
SkyGarden
SkyGarden is the new “public” space at the top of 20 Fenchurch Street, a new skyscraper in the City of London. People may know the building better as the “walkie talkie” or “walkie scorchie” (in light of its ability to melt cars and scorch the streets). //embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js 20 Fenchurch Street was designed by architect Rafael …
Cornwall Spring
I’m not sure if the title is a reference to the season or that a holiday has put a spring back in my step, but I certainly felt like I needed a holiday after the last few months. In fairness, of the two weeks I took off, we spent 8 days in Cornwall and the …
Satisfaction?
Do you sometimes get that urge to write, or paint a picture, or bake a cake, or even fix up a shelf? A creative impulse. Have you even noticed the way sometimes, when that works best is when you just relax, don’t think too hard and let things happen? That’s the way I feel about …
Photographers are not criminals
Ming Thein, the Malaysian photographer who occasionally reviews gear from Micro Four Thirds to Leica, from Nikon to Medium Format, had a really interesting post on his blog this week. In fairness, he has been on a bit of a roll recently with his thought provoking post poking fun at the never-ending cycle of reviews, …
Cliffs, Coast and Castles
Just after Christmas we headed off to Wales to to combine seeing family with a short holiday. Of course regular readers will know this is something I’ve done before and will do again. This time though while staying near the picturesque Dunraven Bay at Southerndown again, we wanted to explore a few of the places …
The best of 2014
Much like last year, it feels like I’ve been remiss on posting to the blog, particularly in the last month or so. As ever, the pressures of work, family and house have kept me busy through December. I still want to write something on the Nikon 20mm F1.8 G in particular and I need to …
Cardiff Match Day
This weekend, after some late nights in work this week I headed to Cardiff, ostensibly for the excuse of watching Wales play Fiji at Rugby Union, but really to catch up with a group of old friends. A completely packed train, that I failed to get on, left me chewing on a supermarket sandwich at …
Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red
The title is the name of the art installation currently surrounding the Tower of London, which commemorates the beginning of the World War I/the First World War. A lot of people might say that the installation is over the top, designed to elicit an over emotional reaction; or that it is a glorification of war. I believe …
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