The school nobody wants to talk about
This week saw the publication of an extended project on a primary school in Essex. With its austere 1920s red brick design, outdoor playgrounds and…
The public costs of bird control
A few months back I was leaving an inquest and noticed some guys putting up netting around a council building. They told me it was…
Shooting Milton Keynes at 50 with a Linhhof 2×3
A few weeks back I was sent on assignment to Milton Keynes to record the town on its 50th birthday. The idea was to take…
A place called Home
Copley Woods in Halifax is fairly small, often in deep shade and pretty steep. To most eyes it probably isn’t particularly beautiful. But for me,…
Linhof Super Technika: Resuming duties
I have missed the excitement of returning home and finding, amongst the bills and the junkmail, that ever so particular thin brown hard-backed envelope lying…
The Midwife Specialising in Baby Deaths
Just sometimes you get a press release which stops you in your tracks. A few weeks ago I had one from Colchester Hospital about the…
Inside Reggie Kray’s old prison cell at Blundeston
There are some places you never imagine you’ll end up. Take, for example, the prison cell which was once home to one of east London’s…
Wildfires of Madeira
My family and I were last week among the hundreds evacuated as wildfires tore through the beautiful Portuguese island of Madeira, leaving three people dead…
India Chipchase: Lured to sheet-covered home by a ‘meticulous’ killer
A seemingly kind passer-by stopped to help a distressed woman outside a nightclub. But far from being a helping hand, Edward Tenniswood was a calculated…
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,…