When this bird sqauwked loudly above my head, I had no idea that it was an arctic tern and one of Read More

Filed Under: Animals, Orkney Tagged With: Arctic tern
When this bird sqauwked loudly above my head, I had no idea that it was an arctic tern and one of Read More
Filed Under: photography, Plants Tagged With: Anna Atkins, first woman photographer
Anna Atkins (1799-1871) was possibly the very first woman photographer and almost certainly the Read More
Filed Under: Melancholia, Monuments, Orkney, voodoo Tagged With: St Magnus Cathedral, Tempus Fugit Memento Mori
Tempus fugit memento mori - time flies, remember death - is a sentiment found in every historic, Read More
Filed Under: art Tagged With: cathedral, Marinus
Yesterday I visited Marinus Boezem's Étude Gothique at the Kunstlinie Almere, Read More
Filed Under: County Mayo, photography Tagged With: Beachcomber, Ireland, Mulranny, photography
Every photographer should also be a beachcomber. Or a regular visitor to flea markets. Or a Read More
Filed Under: history, Monuments, Orkney Tagged With: Kingdom of Heaven, St Magnus Cathedral
A crown, the enticing offer of the Kingdom of Heaven adorning a 17th century tomb at St Magnus Read More
Filed Under: Animals, Orkney Tagged With: Arctic Willow, Goats
Arctic Willow is a prize winning goatling, an adolescent kid who is by turns stroppy, feisty and Read More
Filed Under: Orkney, photography, Scotland Tagged With: Cloud Appreciation Society, Clouds, Holm, Orkney, Stromness Museum
Recently I was sent a flyer for a cloud photo competition to be judged by the Read More
Filed Under: art, LGBTQ Tagged With: Coming Out, Hiding the Wound - Homage to Mr Freud, Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery
I'm absolutely delighted that my work Hiding the Wound - Homage to Mr Freud (1979) is part of Read More
Filed Under: Orkney Tagged With: East Mainland, Simmer Dim
The simmer dim is a very weird light. Affecting the Northern Isles of Scotland, it is a Read More