The Titanic and an Ulster fry
Despite the heat I have been thinking about cooked breakfasts. A close friend of mine is moving at the end of the …
Parasols and snowstorms
With London basking in sunshine −and the hot weather here to stay for a few more weeks− I thought I would share …
Behind the scenes
Earlier this week, I was invited to a private view of this year’s summer exhibition at the National Gallery in London, Vermeer …
The Organ Grinder
I was looking through a drawer of prints by Paul Almasy (Hungarian photographer, 1906–2003) last month when a familiar face appeared before me. Where had …
Happy Days! 1950s Americana from ClassicStock
There is something incredibly reassuring about looking at stock photographs from the United States in the 1950s. There’s a confidence, a white-toothed, …
Happy Birthday, Erich Lessing!
“People ask me which camera I used to take my pictures. I always say it doesn’t matter, for a good picture is …
Hey, old friend!
“Hello, stranger!” Well, if this blog could speak that’s probably what it would have said this morning when I logged on to …
Spies like us
Some of the most intriguing topics in fiction can be the hardest to illustrate. Any experienced picture researcher will be able to …
Big in Japan
London is already a multi-cultural city, so no one bats an eyelid near our offices in Fulham, south-west London, at the sight …