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Monthly Archives: August 2026
Photography in Fiction: ‘Young Meteors’
In my piece on The Illuminations (blog 24th August 2026) I referred to Harry Blake being ‘associated with “The Young Meteors” a new generation of British documentary photographers’, and how Anne Quick ‘was the only woman – I mean, among … Continue reading
Spoonbill CC
Very high tide at Blakeney – the car park is flooded. The Spoonbill CC wait for the tide to go out. The Spoonbills play for the Spoonbill Trophy, a quirkily unique event in the world of beach cricket, indeed in … Continue reading
Photography in Fiction: Picture Palace, Paul Theroux, 1978
I posted his item first sometime in 2024, but it has disappeared from the blog for some unaccountable reason, so here it is again. The timing is fortuitous by accident: there are interesting comparisons with The Illuminations post of 24th … Continue reading
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The Struggle for Light
Exhibition at the Botanic Garden, Cambridge 24-30 August 2026. ‘The exhibition has been created by The Glasshouse Artists, a community art group led by artist Annabel Lee, formed following the Garden’s Participatory Research Project Belonging: Creating a Shared Vision of the Botanic … Continue reading
Photography in Fiction: The Illuminations, Andrew O’Hagan
The Illuminations (2015) is about many things: war, dementia, neighbourliness, secrets, lies, dysfunction in families, understanding and forgiving an. It focuses on Anne Quirk around whom Alice (her daughter), Luke (her grandson, an army captain, who has served in Afghanistan)) … Continue reading