Month: June 2024

Today is the kings official birthday (happy birthday mate!). And as a result we get to watch the very best example of British military pomp and ceremony in the world the form of “Trooping The Colour”. Starting at 10:30am on BBC I will be glued to the whole thing from start to finish. As a…

Sometimes you wake up, check the news and something good appears. Today I see that the Post Office Justice Campaigner Alan Bates has received a knighthood in the kings birthday honours list. I don’t think anyone deserves this more than SIR Alan Bates, a man who sums up the true British bulldog attitude of never…

My life has changed in so many ways over the last decade and not for the better. But today I was sat thinking to myself and I realised I’ve forgotten what it’s like to have a friend just pop around for a cup of coffee and a chat about nothing and everything. I have my…

I suspect that what I’m about to say is going to be a bit controversial but I’m going to say it anyway. It’s also going to be a very difficult post to write. I hear more and more people in the media talking about poor metal health and stress and difficult jobs and so on…

Today I reached a point with my mental health that I knew I needed some sort of outside help to possibly stop sinking further into a proper crisis. I called my GP at 11:00am and asked if I could make an appointment with their “Talking Therapy” person, team or whatever they are only to be…

I was in Nottingham parked up by the Castle having a cup of coffee and I noticed this door in the castle wall. I wasn’t so much struck by the door because as castle doors go it’s pretty standard. But I was struck by the dozens of people who kept stopping to take a photograph…

I think it’s fair to say that this is one of, if not the most iconic photographs of the 20th Century. Taken by Bill Anders from the Apollo 8 Command Module on On December 24, 1968. Sadly, Bill passed away yesterday aged 90.

Date: 02-06-2010 05:16amLocation: Wilford Suspension Bridge, Victoria Embankment, NottinghamCamera: Nikon D300Apt: f6.3Exp: 1/80secLens: Nikon 35mm prime As with many photographs I take I had been visiting this location on a regular basis just wating for the right light and conditions. On this particular morning I was on my way to catch a train down to…

Somehow this seem to sum up everything China stands for in my mind. They are a country of massive natural beauty, culture and history but in an obsession to be the biggest and best in the world they fake everything. When this happens how can you trust anything they do or say. You can read…

Today is D-Day + 80 years. 80 years from the day the British and allied people both civilian and military at home and overseas took the fight back to liberate Europe and deliver the final defeat to Nazi Germany after what had already been a long all out war. For someone who wasn’t there I…