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Glasgow Days
Some years ago, I acquired a small collection of glass negatives – photographs taken in and around Glasgow between the early 1920s and the mid-1930s. Today’s image comes from that collection and shows the University of Glasgow and Kelvingrove Park. It feels especially fitting, because I’m travelling up to Glasgow today to spend a few days in the city.
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Shoulder Of Mutton
In a single handed attempt to save the fortunes of that threatened institution, the British Pub, I have decided to embark on a series of visits to public houses. Where better to…
Memory Road
This is a scene I am so familiar with that I can almost physically feel its presence just by looking at a photograph. And it doesn’t matter that it was taken half…
A Grand Place
I started the week in Anglesey, and today’s picture is from that time. So many things seemed to come together, to merge together and to mix together: winter and spring, sun and…
Albert And Gladys
This is a photograph of my parents, Albert and Gladys Burnett, which must have been taken just under a century ago (it makes me feel old just writing that!). In…
The Birth Of Aphrodite In Cleethorpes
There is something about the arrangement of the bodies – the way they stand, the way they interact. You almost feel that if Botticelli were seeking the birthplace of Aphrodite…
The Good Old Days
Ah, the good old days – before they dug up the cobbles. Back when Halifax’s Piece Hall was full of folk, with shops and stalls a-plenty. And, of course, the…
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