Magnificent Matera
After seeing and hearing about Matera on television, we just had to visit the place in 2016, especially when Puglia is one of our favourite regions! An hour and a half's drive down from Bari...
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Czech out Prague!
Our week in Prague to celebrate Elaine's birthday in January was extra special. We are most grateful to our friend, Steve Gove, originator and organiser of the Prague Fringe for the last 15...
Mad in China
Inevitably, my camera finger went mad in China when Elaine and I travelled there in October 2012. Below is just a small selection from the thousands of photos we took during our 17-day...
In search of the Madonna …
Well, it's that time again, which means designing the annual Christmas card. Trying to come up with something different every year for the last 30-odd years hasn't been easy. Admittedly...
Pisa Nonsense!
We've all seen the iconic photographs of the Eiffel Tower, Statue of Liberty, London Bridge, etc. then, when you actually see them in real life, they fail to amaze. The leaning tower of Pisa is...
Worth a Lucca
We're just back from an excellent week in Lucca, a beautiful town in Tuscany, just north of Pisa, birthplace of Puccini. As usual, Elaine found us an excellent apartment in the middle of the...
To market, to market …
… Borough Market, to be exact. On our visit to London in February, Simon introduced us to the wonders of this outdoor food extravaganza, located just south of London Bridge. Available...
Magic Marrakech
Waaaaww!!! Morrocco is not so much a holiday, more an experience! A photographer's heaven. With such a wealth of history, culture, people, food, architecture, colour and activity, there's a...
Cameron’s Cambridge
I last visited Cambridge as a 17-year-old student of architecture. This time it was to launch the latest book I've designed. The weather was kind to Elaine and I so, as well as having a...
… the loo!
Not that I go around photographing toilets, you understand, but on entering these chambers in the bowels of the Dean Gallery in Edinburgh last week, I couldn't help but notice their colourful...