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Fame – elixir of youth

As you can see from this photograph, being published has had an oddly rejuvenating effect on me. Courtesy of Mistress Montagiste (you know who you are!)

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Travelling (from Tucson)

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Travelling (to Tucson)

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Mug shot

If you’ve spent more than a few days in Rome you’ll probably have left the traffic of Largo Argentina behind you and paused by the turtle fountain in Piazza Mattei and thought, for a moment, how wonderful it must be … Continue reading

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Icons

I was reading a review in a recent London Review of Books (Vol 29, No 23) of a book called No Caption Needed: Iconic Photographs, Public Culture and Liberal Democracy, by Robert Hariman and John Louis Lacaites. The book, as … Continue reading

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Travelling

Coming back to London after Christmas, Jane and I were forced by engineering works on the lines to change at Birmingham. Not just trains, but stations. We had to cross the centre of Birmingham on foot, from New Street to … Continue reading

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Unnecessary labelling

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More information than you’ll ever need

I’ve just worked out how to publish photo albums with Picasa. So if you’d like to see all the shots of last summer’s Rome Gay Pride, including the ones that I didn’t post, now’s your chance. Gay Pride Rome June … Continue reading

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Travelling

Hackney Downs station, moments after being told that, due to points failure, no trains will be entering or leaving Liverpool Street Station.

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Punctum

My mother’s neighbour brought round some photographs yesterday morning of her daughter and son-in-law’s holiday in Devon. One of the photographs showed the son-in-law performing for the camera, leaning at a dangerous angle on a flight of steps, supported by … Continue reading

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