Mushroom magic: the season is upon us…
Mushrooms, London's Borough Market This vivid mound of mushrooms, at London’s extremely trendy Borough Market, is worth its weight in some heavy metal, if not gold. If, however, you’re prepared to don...
View ArticleI Love Paris (I): St Germain des Pres
Trois couleurs rouges, Marché St Germain des Pres One of the greatest photographic challenges posed by Paris in winter is the city’s lack of colour. The dull skies paint the city grey but colours, when...
View ArticleSwan, meditating, St James’s Park
Swan, St James's Park This swan caught my eye one sunlit evening as I crossed the park. Although the image required a bit of retouching – removing debris from the surface of the water and upping the...
View ArticleSprouts on Broadway
Brussels sprouts on a rainy day in Hackney's Broadway Market. Surprisingly appealing. They’re green, children loathe them, and they give you gas. However, adulthood brings enjoyment of all kinds of...
View ArticleScooped! a kiss from Jean Dujardin
Jean Dujardin wows the crowd at Cannes, 2011 Somehow, I managed to steal a kiss from Jean Dujardin, who was wildly popular with the French crowd at Cannes, and wholly unknown by everyone else, back...
View ArticleBow flyover: who would have thought?
“Who would have thought you could make a route under a bridge in the dark?” Congratulations to my friends and clients, Adams & Sutherland architects, winners of the Architect of the Year Awards...
View ArticleBack to Basics: Sharon Stone at Cannes
Sharon Stone, voted ‘best dressed’ by Forbes,at the Cannes premier of “Behind the Candelabra” More than 20 years after flashing her assets at Michael Douglas in Basic Instinct, Sharon Stone returns...
View ArticleStrange Fruit: Michael Douglas, Matt Damon Behind the Candelabra
Michael Douglas, Jerry Weintraub, Matt Damon & Richard LaGravenese Playing someone (in)famously described as… … a deadly, winking, sniggering, snuggling, chromium-plated, scent-impregnated,...
View ArticleLes Champs Numeriques: Nice’s Promenade du Paillon
Concealed beneath the greenery: A network of fibre-optic cables and next-gen connectivity Nice’s Coulée Verte - or, loosely translated, ‘Green Corridor’ – replaces two monumental, aspirational but...
View ArticleAu revoir, Tony Benn
At Stratford Library, March 14 2005 Not ‘totallygone’ at all, of course. Just a few steps ahead of the rest of us… Here, giving a talk at Stratford (atte Bowe) library on 14th March 2005. He’d just...
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