Richard Mills
On the 16th of July, word began to get through of the death of former Times colleague and friend Richard Mills. He died on the 14th of July 2008 while on assignment in Zimbabwe. Due to the delicate situation involved with getting Richard out of the country, news of his death was held until this [...]
The war continues..
I’ve just returned from Glastonbury festival (of which I’ll be scribbling something down soon), filled with the joys of love and spiritual freedom to be faced with my first ever collective of virtual burning pitchfork wielders. Yup, it seems that after a quiet few months that I hoped had seen the end of the campaign [...]
Ban Ki-moon is coming to town..
In late April 2008, I got the chance to travel around West Africa with the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon. Visiting Ghana, Liberia, Burkina Faso and Cote d’Ivoire, the trip was a chance for “Spanky” and his wife to check out the work being done in some of the previously-unstable countries in the [...]
Who knows best..
So here’s a weird one.. Last night, I settled down in front of the tv with my girlfriend and decided to watch a recent Derren Brown “Trick or Treat” (Season 2, episode 3 for those who want to watch it..) Tonight’s guest was David Tennant, the current Dr. Who, and after randomly choosing to get [...]
Red carpet blues
When I started out in London, I used to return to Sheffield at the weekend and when I caught up with friends, one of the first questions was always “who’ve you been shooting recently?” After a while, I realised that often the smaller stories proved to be the most rewarding but all people want to [...]
What Adcuz wants, Adcuz gets..
In a move that MAY spell the end of the new sport of giggling at the email attackers, it’s time for a burst of News of the World-stylee “Name & Shame”. Well not quite as I’ll do the honourable thing and hide the names but here’s a selection of emails I’ve had regarding the horse [...]
The ongoing war against passion-driven stupidity
No, not of the sexual kind (although sometimes, I do wonder). The passion of which I write is the love of horses. In my line of work as a press photographer, I face a wide variety of subjects, stories and people on a daily basis. This is one of the main reasons why I love [...]
