Category Archives: Travellers

OK, it’s been done before, but it’s still a perfect opportunity for people watching, for observing strategies for coping with the pressures of travel. There’s sleep at one extreme and endless chatter at the other with work, reading, gaming and i-pods in between.

Travellers – Citi 1 Bus

Posted on September 5, 2022 by Brian

Distractions for travellers. Who’s paying attention to what? Who’s engaged with the world around them? Where’s my stop?

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Take a Seat – Take a Moment 29

Posted on February 21, 2020 by Brian
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Take a Seat – Take a Moment 22

Posted on January 23, 2020 by Brian

‘Women reading in art refers to any artistic work representing or portraying one or more women in the act of reading. This subject matter is quite common, with images appearing as early as the 14th century.[1] Viewers are often exposed … Continue reading →

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U3AC Photo Forum 2018-19 19: Song Titles

Posted on March 24, 2019 by Brian

The last session of term was a collation of members’ work based on song titles.  The minimal rules set by Tim were: images can be newly taken or from personal archives; the title can be any type of song – … Continue reading →

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Banking

Posted on April 9, 2018 by Brian

I went to an informal coffee and cake morning today at which Philip Augar spoke about ‘Writing for a Living – Financial Times and Others’.  An ex-banker himself, he was among the first to note in the mid-2000s the pickle … Continue reading →

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Travel Bags

Posted on March 30, 2018 by Brian

I’m sure there is a thesis to be written on what our travel bags say about us.  Travelling writers would provide good case studies. Patrick Leigh Fermor, about to set out on his trudge across Europe in 1933, stopped off … Continue reading →

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U3AC Photo Forum 11 – Street Photography

Posted on February 10, 2018 by Brian

‘Street photography: observing or connecting?’ was the question Jane Lynas and I posed to the U3AC Photography Forum yesterday.  Our starting points were that street photography: pictures people and everyday life in public spaces; relies on serendipity and ambiguity; explores … Continue reading →

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Metro

Posted on December 20, 2017 by Brian

Anyone living through the Cold War will probably remember Nikita Khrushchev as the excitable and pugnacious Soviet leader with a penchant for phases like, ‘We will bury you!’ It therefore came as a surprise to discover recently that he was … Continue reading →

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Private World

Posted on September 8, 2015 by Brian

One of the pleasures of travelling by train is to imagine the lives of others from overheard conversations, the books and papers they read, the files they riffle through. Life stories can be built up from the little they reveal. … Continue reading →

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Travel time

Posted on June 3, 2015 by Brian

Train journeys once inspired ‘Adelstrop’, ‘The Night Mail’ and ‘The Whitsun Weddings’. Photo: 10.47 Cambridge – London 2nd June 2015       Photo: 14.14 London – Cambridge 2nd June 2015

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Tottenham Hale

Posted on July 3, 2014 by Brian

The loneliness of waiting for a train. Photo: Tottenham Hale Station, London, July 2014

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Urban Art

Posted on March 6, 2014 by Brian

Make-up as urban art. Photo: Oxford Circus, London Underground, February 2014

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Reverie

Posted on October 29, 2012 by Brian

Cambridge to London: sleep, or musical reverie, descends minutes into the journey. Photo: 09.20 Cambridge to King’s Cross, October 2012

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8.15am

Posted on September 10, 2012 by Brian

Sleep, reverie and concentration. Photo: Cambridge – King’s Cross, September 2012

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Noon Train

Posted on August 30, 2012 by Brian

12.00 Cambridge to Birmingham New Street.  Ely stop.  Cat and coffee essentail traveling companions. Photo: Ely, August 2012

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