In early February 2020 I was in London. By then everyone knew something nasty was coming, if not perhaps how nasty it was going to be. And I read something very strange: because...
We went to Cascais in part in reaction to having been to Lisbon recently. As a Portuguese acquaintance said to us “Lisbon is no longer Portuguese”, it is now packe...
Style wasn’t always my thing, and spending a lot of money on a custom-tailored shirt wasn’t something I’d always wanted to do but in this case it was inevitabl...
What happens when you want to share your obsessions? Passion yes! But more like obsessive hobbies that are bikes, film photography, and travel entered my life and decided to nev...
Three months under cloud cover became depressing – we just had to go somewhere to find some sun to shine on our faces, or even hearts maybe. To lift our mood. We took a s...
Since retiring in 2015, I have been seriously pursuing photography, digital for the most part. About a year or so ago, I resurrected an old film camera from the 1980s, a Konica ...
Technically, a gongoozler is someone who enjoys watching boats and associated activities on canals. They’re the people who prefer to watch rather than participate. However...
In the days before digital became the standard for sports photography, the SLR was king. Photographers lined up pitch-side to capture the action, Minolta, Nikon or Canon camera ...