Monthly Archives: October 2022

Radical Art in Cambridge

Posted on October 31, 2022 by Brian

I thought I knew all about the origins of the Cambridge Darkroom.  But I didn’t know how much depended on a tour of British photo galleries in a rusty Renault 4 van with a packet of biscuits and a flask … Continue reading →

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Mining the Diaries 10: Yorkshire 1984

Posted on October 30, 2022 by Brian

58 Northgate, Cottingham, 30th July 1984 Out of the house before breakfast on a glorious bright and fresh morning – off to Bempton and Flamborough. Bempton – a much larger village than expected. Parked the Morris Minor between a hedge … Continue reading →

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Colour – Cottenham Blue

Posted on October 29, 2022 by Brian
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Colour -Ginkgo

Posted on October 28, 2022 by Brian

‘Ginkgo biloba, commonly known as ginkgo or gingko also known as the maidenhair tree, is a species of tree native to China. It is the last living species in the order Ginkgoales, which first appeared over 290 million years ago.’ Wikipedia

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Colour – Roman Road

Posted on October 27, 2022 by Brian

Deflated birthday wishes at rest.

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Mining the Diaries 9: London 1983

Posted on October 26, 2022 by Brian

Royal Park Hotel, Westbourne Terrace, London, 5th August 1983 By train from Worthing.  We unpack quickly, return our key and head out for Hyde Park.  Coffee overlooking the Serpentine.  A large, and surprisingly agile, woman plays ball with a rainbow … Continue reading →

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Gas RIP

Posted on October 25, 2022 by Brian

Last resting place to Mr and Mrs Gas along the Roman road near Cambridge. Or an unintended memorial to the demise of public utility services?

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Only Colour – Willingham

Posted on October 24, 2022 by Brian
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Blue Rope

Posted on October 23, 2022 by Brian

Blue rope mooring along the River Cam near Clayhithe. Blue rope aside, I described the scene as ‘squalid’.  J said I was self-satisfied and bourgeois, it was somebody trying to get by in difficult times, and they had bothered to … Continue reading →

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Mining the Diaries 8: Norfolk 1982

Posted on October 19, 2022 by Brian

Flat 2, 44 Cliff Road, Sheringham 18th & 19th August 1982 One of the pleasures of holidays in north Norfolk is the availability of local fish and shellfish from stalls and small shops.  The proprietors are chatty when I go … Continue reading →

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Windrush

Posted on October 18, 2022 by Brian

Walking at Burford on Sunday following the River Windrush.  It is a tributary of the River Thames; rising near Winchcombe in Gloucestershire it flows south east for 65 km, via Burford and Witney, to meet the Thames at Newbridge in … Continue reading →

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King’s College Chapel 2

Posted on October 13, 2022 by Brian

Parts of the Chapel are being shrouded is scaffolding.  The 150-year-old lead roof will be stripped off, melted down and reused over the next few months.  There are plans are for the new roof to support solar panels.  Two hits … Continue reading →

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King’s College Chapel

Posted on October 12, 2022 by Brian

When Henry VI laid the foundation stone for King’s on Passion Sunday 1441 he aspired to have his college, and in particular its Chapel, without equal in magnificence in either Cambridge or Oxford.  His successors saw his aspiration realised, at … Continue reading →

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Fen Ditton Gallery – River Deben

Posted on October 10, 2022 by Brian

To the Fen Ditton Gallery yesterday.  Art and the River Deben is the first of two newly commissioned cross-disciplinary exhibitions exploring artists’ connections to rivers. This one celebrates Suffolk’s River Deben, which flows for nearly 25 miles from its source near … Continue reading →

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The Temple, Anglesey Abbey

Posted on October 9, 2022 by Brian

8th October.  Another brilliant, sunny autumn day.  At Anglesey Abbey the trees are turning glorious gold, amber and red – a very special show, due perhaps to the long dry summer.  The liquid amber trees (Liquidambar styraciflua, commonly called sweetgum … Continue reading →

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