Ruanda and Gaza: symptoms of the same malaise
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in politics
I write about my life: experience, memories and some photography.
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Rishi Sunak and James Cleverly tell us that the Ruanda bill currently paused by the House of Lords is responding to the ‘will of the people’ and that’s it’s therefore wrong to delay it. But the polling would suggest that…
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What exactly do I photograph? and why?
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in photosI attended an excellent Cambridge Camera Club zoom event with Mieke Boynton. Mieke is an Australian photographer of landscapes and aerials and she gave an excellent presentation in which she didn’t just show photographs, which many are inclined to do,…
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Photo of the Month: December 2023
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in photosThis is an unusual shot for me in that I’ve changed the photo with a little judicious post-processing. It’s a picture of one of the big baubles hanging in Grand Arcade but then I’ve applied a radial blur to the…
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5 highlights of 2023
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It’s been a full year but strangely I’ve had difficulty teasing out five particular highlights. However I do have a list even though number five is perhaps a bit of a cop-out. Three good holidays with eight excellent hotels. First…
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One photo a year: another decade of digital photography (2014 to 2023)
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in photosWe’re coming to the end of my second decade of digital photography so I’ve brought together a collection of some of my better photos of the period. I hope you enjoy them.
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You get what you pay for: experience with osteopathy.
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in lifeWednesday is the day I set my alarm and get up early, at 0730, for my weekly cardio Zoom. I neither enjoy the early start nor the Zoom itself but recognise that there is a benefit and I do go…
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5 people who annoy me in the gym
I’m still a regular user of my local gym. It’s not called the Barn any more, it’s Vision Fitness, and although attendance has been down it’s slowly building up again. I like it when there are others in the gym,…
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Photo of the Month: November 2023
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in photosThis one just crept in at the end of the month following a visit to Anglesey Abbey’s light trail. That’s great value and it’s very well laid out, not just the lights but also the provision of places to eat…
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Life’s too short to drink instant coffee
It’s not quite the same but I spotted this sign in Arequipa when I visited Peru in 2013. I liked the sign and it was one of the positives that day because it began with a bad case of the…
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Photos of flowers
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in photosNo I haven’t sold my soul to the genre of flower photography but I went to a Cambridge Camera Club event this week where the speaker was Hemant Jariwala who is a specialist. I was not inclined to go but…
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