Isabel and I took ourselves off to Dulwich Picture Gallery today to see an exhibition of works from the Group of Seven, sometimes known as the Algonquin school, who were a group of Canadian landscape painters from 1920-1933. The paintings were very good, although the exhibition was crowded, and they reminded us a great deal [...]
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Christmas went on for a long time and consisted of a seemingly endless series of rooms full of people, food and sometimes quite a bit of noise. We kicked off as usual with Christmas Eve at Eva’s, a night of great company and simply wonderful food. Eva’s food table is a work of art. [...]
Another glorious day, another walk through the autumn colours of Hampstead Heath, a few more photos from my iPhone…… The camera on the new iPhone is simply astonishing.
This glorious autumn continues with another wonderful sunny and clear day today. It reminds me of the autumn of 1977 when I was living above a community children’s nursery in the large old rambling Deanery in Hackney. As we moved in to the Deanery the surrounding streets were demolished and the whole area, including the [...]
I finally managed to get a new iPhone 4s this week, it took some doing as they are sold out as soon as they arrive. It is a big upgrade from my two year old iPhone 3GS and one of the biggest improvements is in the camera. The new iPhone camera has improved optics, improved [...]
We gathered at my brother Chris’s house for a few fireworks and some conversation. The small boys (and a few of the larger ones) got awfully excited. Click here to see all the photos.
Isabel and I took a stroll across the Heath today to look at the autumn colours and I took some photos. To see them click here.
There was a fancy dress party at Tremlett Grove last night. There were some strange, odd, wonderful, creative and sometimes disturbing costumes. I had a great eveining. My favourite costume was the guy who came as Jack Nicholson in the Shining wearing a door with his head sticking through it. Click here to see all [...]
I have been working through a box of old negs, scanning as I go, and I have found some great photos from the 1970s and early 1980s. The photos below from the Windsor Free Festival came from the same old box and now I have added some photos from the households at Cornwallis Road and [...]
Isabel and I attended the funeral of Jane Greetham in Highgate Cemetery yesterday. Neither of us had seen Jane for years but back in the 1970s she loomed large in both our lives. I came across this photo of her with a group of friends at a women’s away weekend in a cottage in Gloucester [...]
Digging about in the loft I came across a small pack of medium format black and white negs. When I scanned them I discovered a lovely set of photos of the group of people putting together the newsletter at the 1974 Windsor Free Festival. The newsletter was ‘Freek Power’ and if you click here you [...]
My son Jess turned 39 this week, how did that happen? We gathered for a meal to celebrate. Lovely evening.
Isabel and I spent a pleasant long weekend walking in the Peak District, other than the journey up, when we encountered rather scary torrential rain on the motorway, the weather was pretty good. We walked a very nice circuit up and over MamTor on the Friday and on the Saturday we met up with John [...]
