Monthly Archives: April 2025

U3A Photo Forum Week 11: The Gap

Posted on April 30, 2025 by Brian

The assignment for this week is to compile a set of images to illustrate the gap between how we expect things to be and how they actually are. I’ve drawn on my travels with pictures that illustrate the often adverse … Continue reading →

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SS Mary and Andrew, Whittlesford

Posted on April 28, 2025 by Brian

The church of Saint Mary and Saint Andrew Whittlesford sits in seclusion on the edge of the village.  A largely Norman foundation with various ancient additions, it’s charming, but unexceptional architecturally.  What makes it worth a visit is the striking … Continue reading →

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Cafe Nero 4/25

Posted on April 27, 2025 by Brian
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Fen Landscape: Wicken Fen

Posted on April 14, 2025 by Brian
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Babylon, Ely

Posted on April 13, 2025 by Brian

By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; … Continue reading →

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Photography in Fiction: Held, Ann Michaels

Posted on April 11, 2025 by Brian

Held, Michaels’s third novel, is divided into twelve fragmented sections that jump between 1902 and 2025, not in chronological order.  It is set mostly in England, but also in other parts of Europe; and is peopled by a large cast … Continue reading →

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Skeleton

Posted on April 10, 2025 by Brian
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Only Colour: Daffodil Yellow

Posted on April 9, 2025 by Brian
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Only Colour: OLEM Stripes

Posted on April 8, 2025 by Brian
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Shutter Hub: Everything You Need To Know 2

Posted on April 7, 2025 by Brian

I posted about this call for submissions on 7th February. I have submitted the four photographs below with accompanying text. ‘What we need to know, to own, is that we don’t know everything.  The world is in thrall to people … Continue reading →

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Light and Shade

Posted on April 6, 2025 by Brian
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Side by Side

Posted on April 5, 2025 by Brian

From Laurence Edwards, Side by Side, bronze, 2020, Snape Maltings.

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Southwold 2025 – 11

Posted on April 2, 2025 by Brian

The saw-tooth shadows of the beach hut roofs cast by the setting sun is one of the motifs of Southwold for me. The beach is shaped by longshore drift.  At the north end by the pier the promenade is several … Continue reading →

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Southwold 2025 – 10

Posted on April 1, 2025 by Brian

Thursday 20th March. It’s been gloriously sunny all week with perfect blue skies; there has also been a very cold NE-ENE wind. No wind today and much warmer – t-shirts and shorts out along the promenade. The millpond-calm sea merged … Continue reading →

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