The Cucumber Season
August. To many, the month means pleasure, happiness and relaxation as they flee the country and head off to rows of pre-poured cocktails next to their beach lounger on the Costa Del Swank. To photographers and journalists across the land, it signifies the beginning of.. (cue lightning strike) ..the silly season. When this annual news-drought [...]
Mad on her? She’s alright, I suppose..
With a distinct sense of deja vu, I headed out to Cardiff on Saturday to catch the opening night of Madonna’s latest world tour, “Sticky and Sweet”. Taking in 27 dates around the globe, this will be her first tour since entering her 50s. I last shot her in 2006 at the same venue on [...]
Misdirected diatribe v2.0
Following the breaking news of yesterday’s air-crash, I headed up to Coventry to cover the story. As it’s currently the quiet or “silly” season for news where events just stop happening resulting in stories about penguins getting knighted and maize fields trampled to look like James Bond making the front page, this is the kind [...]
Walthamstow
With the closure of Walthamstow stadium now looking unstoppable, I went down to what could be the last of the week-night race meetings to celebrate this piece of London’s heritage. Opened in 1933 by William Chandler, the stadium is one of only four remaining dog tracks in London. Controlled by the Chandler family until today, [...]
The Gobstopper
Apologies for anyone wanting anything to do with photography in this post. August is upon us so precisely buggar all is happening. Having recently picked up drumsticks again for the first time in about 5 years, I was thinking back to my previous job as a drummer in the Sheffield band Elfin (insert any drummer [...]
