As you may know County Durham has a Reform Council. Predictably their first acts in power were to cut funding for Lumiere, the City’s award win light art festival that brought hundreds of thousands to the City, and to stop funding for Pride. The money instead will be used for special political advisors to do … Read more
This is the second in a series looking at Britain’s post-war new towns and planned communities across the North East, in light of the Government’s decision to build more new towns. Last time I visited Peterlee and Newton Aycliffe, places that turned out to be rather better than their reputations suggest. This time the story … Read more
Over the last few weeks I’ve been travelling up and down the East Coast, visiting places that already have Reform MPs, and places they are targeting in the upcoming local elections. You can find the other pieces below. I’ve saved the most interesting for last: Sunderland. I’ve never hidden the fact that I’m a Sunderland … Read more
Mardi Gras Birkenhead Day of the Dead LGBT Holy Week Football Fans Music
I was lucky enough to spend 10 days photographing at the Catalan Festival of Cinema Fantastique. Among the fans and the crowds hopefully you can spot Benedict Cumberbatch, Sam Riley, Mark Monero, Joe Dante, Luc Besson, Zoe Blue, Terry Gilliam, and loads more
Liverpool York Ireland Edinburgh Northumberland Lumiere Newcastle Durham Redhills, The Pitmans Parliament
Andalucia, Moorish Spain Catalan Modernista Barcelona Barcelona Super Computer Walden 7 Sitges Taragona France (OK, I know France isn’t in Spain, but it was easier to put them in here!)
Feels like quite a grey year, lots of moody black and white, but some real splashes of joy and colour
