Still At War With The Obvious?
Richard Marley, the legal owner, until 1987, of the of the Black Bear Commune, Siskiyou County, California that was founded in 1968, said before he died that ‘Life is like launching a boat into a...
View Article‘Zuckerberg’: A Contemporary Fairytale?
When I wandered into our local video store last week in search of ‘Barbie: A Fashion Fairytale’, for you know who aged 8 years, I found myself instead asking ‘Have you got Facebook?’ The shopkeeper,...
View ArticleThere’ll be no *!!*&@!! Christmas this year!
Christmas will never be the same for a Cardiff based family who way back in the late 1960s were visited by a voluptuous social-work student. A young mother who had been labelled as ‘inadequate’ and...
View ArticleRelax: NASA Prediction Fiasco Fudges 2012 Doomsday!
“And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.” Revelation 20. verse 8....
View ArticlePublication Today, Is It Unlike: ‘Helmut Newton’s Illustrated’?
In 1987 Helmut Newton, the porno-chic photographer, embarked upon what he considered to be his ultimate folly. I’m unsure that June, his wife, would agree, but that’s not what this article is about....
View ArticleIs It Worth Your Trouble?!
Let’s try not to make this boring. There are lots of formulae you can use to calculate how much your time is worth. Here’s one of them: Where A = The money you want; B the expenses you will incur; C =...
View ArticleLeveson Inquiry: After Desmond It’s Time For Hislop!
If you’re in any way interested in the British press, publishing, or the ethics of journalism this Tuesday promises a treat at the Leveson Inquiry. Ian Hislop, Editor of the Satirical Magazine ‘Private...
View ArticleInternet Explorer 9 Insecure Browser Warning?
I.E. 9 is regarded as an extremely safe browser. When my latest P.C. arrived it came configured with Windows 7 and Internet Explorer 9. For many years I was firmly committed to Mozilla Firefox as my...
View ArticleFor Grown Up Photographers Only
Photography has come a long way since Nicéphore Niépce made the first photogravure etching in 1822 and thus created an industry. When I last visited his birthplace and museum in Chalon-sur-Saône nearly...
View ArticleSex and the Sheep
There is an old joke about young man who moves to a village in Wales and gets talking to an old man from the village. He asks the old man what his name is. The old man gets very irate at this point and...
View ArticlePhotography and Awareness
Last year, (2014), Michael Eldridge, Colin Tracy and I exhibited a series of photographs at the Marmaris Municipal Gallery and Art House. The combination of our work seemed to be well received, and...
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