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Faces of the Airwave Voices
I am a lodger in a radio station. Yes, I occasionally attempt to translate my projects for telly and/or online into something worth listening to,…
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Treasure finds in England
“Walking with a purpose.” What a great phrase! It came from a metal detectorist called Stuart Eldon while I was producing an Inside Out film…
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Unidentified bodies, Cockley Cley and the people trying to give the unnamed dead a name
I couldn’t believe there were more than 1,000 people in the UK who were dead, unnamed and with nobody to mourn them. In this age…
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Great Faces: A personal reminder of the honour of looking people in the eye
Today I am taking stock, laying an anchor in time. For the past couple of months I’ve been leading a hybrid work existence – writing…
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Amputees: how people adjust to life after limb loss
Being the odd one out is strangely invigorating, a good-for-the-soul experience. I experienced it being the only white man on a Tanzania-bound cargo ferry, I…
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For the love of ‘Soup’
Above all else, I love spending time with people. Family. Friends. And work subjects. Yes, you can probably get what you ‘need’ from a quick…
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Looking down in Lisbon
By which I mean ‘down’ in the physical rather than spiritual sense. Never before have I spent time in a city where the tiltation of…
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From urban Harrow to rural Norfolk: Carers
Since July this year, I’ve had the great pleasure and privilege to meet and photograph carers from all works of life and situations. A few…
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Wilko Johnson
I had the great pleasure of meeting Dr Feelgood guitarist Wilko Johnson earlier today for a brief photo session. It’s the first time I’ve used…
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Boston floods: Generosity of the suffering
People can be amazing. When I was leaving the home of Karen Haywood, a flooding survivor in Boston, Lincolnshire, she was very concerned that I…