Monthly Archives: February 2012

The Last Days of Mubarak at foto8 (Guy Martin and Ivor Prickett)

Posted on February 18, 2012 by

The photos are confused: are these good guys or bad guys? The guy slumped in the car, is he sleeping or dead? Is the guy talking on the phone scared or defiant? And, one year on, who actually won and … Continue reading →

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Songs of love for Valentines Day

Posted on February 14, 2012 by

Here you go …

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World Press Photo 2012

Posted on February 13, 2012 by

The sad truth is that brutal, traumatic events produce compelling, even beautiful photography. The immediate capture of emotion, the elemental fury of real danger and the flinching discomfort of people rebelling against or coming to terms with circumstance. Now in … Continue reading →

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“The Muppets” – a review

Posted on February 12, 2012 by

Oh those were simpler days weren’t they, those days when The Muppets bestrode prime time television and the hearts of children. There were only the slight distractions of Thatcher, the Cold War, famine in Africa and the Hand of God … Continue reading →

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About “Clearing the snow”

Posted on February 11, 2012 by

I have an unprovable hunch that the majority of the photos that people have of their own back gardens are taken on snowy mornings. This is understandable: snow, at least in England, is unusual and renders any scene immediately interesting … Continue reading →

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The Perfect Pop Song (6)

Posted on February 9, 2012 by

The perfect pop song should feature: bonkers lyrics, rhymes featuring “laundry” and “quandary”, pencil moustaches, teddy boys, a washing machine billowing bubbles and no successful follow up singles. Welcome to the world of the Kursaal Flyers … you’ll never leave.

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A Mail Outrage

Posted on February 8, 2012 by

The world’s most popular newspaper site, that’s the Daily Mail’s pap-guzzling online cousin Mail Online, has got a bit worked up by Thomas Czarnecki’s “From Enchantment to Down” series. The series, which is pure generic art photography, has the ostensible … Continue reading →

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Hajj: Journey Into The Heart of Islam

Posted on February 3, 2012 by

One of the five pillars if Islam is hajj, the pilgrimage to Mecca that all Muslims are expected to undertake at least once in their lives. The British Museum’s reading room has been home to Egyptian books of the dead, … Continue reading →

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At the Orange Tree: The Charity That Began At Home

Posted on February 2, 2012 by

Only at the Orange Tree would there be a pre-performance cabaret as a grumpy fat man objected to the slight woman assigned to sit next to him by the harrassed usher. Such was his mood that the slight woman moved … Continue reading →

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