As some of you will know, I post a book daily on Instagram. However, my frustration at the unpredictability of its algorithm has me...

To discover that French photographer David Nissen has his background in cinematography comes as no surprise once you submerge yourself in...

I don’t think it an understatement to say that 2020 was a year unlike any other, and even now as we approach spring of 2021 the...

"Born in 1954, we grew up together on Long Island. Originally from adjacent suburban towns, we merged into one group when we met up in...

Should we ever go back? A month or so ago I encountered a book in which it’s creator observed, recorded and indeed cherished the...

How do you review a book which has already had so much written about it? My answer is not to try. You surrender to its magic and allow it...

From Zaido by Yukari Chikura In a year quite unlike any other, I was so happy to find that the amount of stunning and original work...

Ink, karaoke and brotherhood ~ Personal wanderings Why is it that just the word Yakuza is enough to conjure images of cool? Effortlessly...

"Don't go far.....and be back for dinner ! " Growing up in a small provincial town in England in the early seventies, seems to be a...

The sense of tradition and heritage is one that is common to us all. There are places and events that form the cornerstones of our lives,...

epiphany “a moment of sudden insight or understanding.” There are times in everyone’s lives when there is a moment of clarity.  A...

What makes us human beings? Not what us work but what makes us the complex unique individuals that we are.  The very concept of organic...

From a male perspective it’s “only nine months.“ From a male perspective this is what women were created to do. From a male perspective...

1 The Hunt I have to stay very still and very quiet. This is the chase. I can hear my heart pounding in my chest....so thankful its only...

Utopia, rubber and dreams of madness. 1.  Fordlândia  - The Place In the 1920's American industrialist Henry Ford embarked on an...

I have very fond memories of Cape Cod. In 1999 I spent a couple of wonderful weeks holidaying in the USA. Starting in New York, three...

Once again, and after much agonizing, these are my favourite releases from this year. John Myers - Looking At The Overlooked This is the...

It's amazing what can attract a person to a book. The description for Your Ghost included just one image taken from its sequence, but...

In 1989 filmmaker and photographer Michael Galinsky was a student at NYU, majoring in Religious Studies. It was during the course of...

It came to my attention the other day that one of my favourite people is turning five this year, Stanley Barker. Cue wry smile and...