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Not just your regular royal
FOLLOWING in her mother’s footsteps, the queen’s granddaughter Zara Tindall, or Phillips as she was then, at Bicton Horse Trials. […]
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Capturing the campaign trail
I WAS sent to a pub on Dartmoor to meet up with future Tory Prime Minister David Cameron and future Tory Prime Minister’s dad, Stanley Johnson, having been there could be a cracking pub lunch on the cards. […]
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Remembering comedian Frankie Howerd
THIS week there was an hour-long programme on TV about the life and times of comedian Frankie Howerd. It reminded me of the time I met up with him on a visit to a learning centre in Taunton quite a few years ago. […]
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Not just another seagull!
SOME people wouldn’t look twice at what appeared to be just another seagull. […]
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Meeting an American pop star on the golf course
A FAIRLY large number of LymeOnline readers would not have a clue who this 1950s American pop star is. […]
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The coldest morning preparing for take-off
THE press were invited to photograph the Royal Navy’s Sea Harriers going to war, leaving Yeovilton at 5am on the coldest morning I have ever experienced. […]
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Could this be the country’s oldest tree?
THE Timberscombe Oak is said to be the oldest tree on Exmoor and quite possibly the oldest anywhere else. […]
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Working with wildlife doesn’t always go smoothly
SOMERSET-based animal rescue charity, Secret World Animal Rescue, works miracles every day with the endless variation of birds and animals that pass through the charity’s HQ at East Huntspill. […]
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Photographing Diana was always a big occasion
THERE were gasps of surprise when Princess Diana emerged from the royal car as she arrived in Tiverton. It was her new hair style that was noticed by Diana’s army of royal fanatics. […]
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A disappointing discovery on the River Lim
A FEW years ago I’d been looking for a reported kingfisher that had been seen fluttering up and down the leat and river at the bottom of Sherborne Lane in Lyme Regis. […]
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It must be spring!
IT’S that time of year again, early spring and the birds and wildlife in general are getting into the reproduction mood, especially the swans at the Abbotsbury Swannery in Dorset. […]
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Are we really going to give up all this?
THIS iconic image came about at the first Guitars On The Beach event in 2013 when I asked organiser Geoff Baker to use his mic and ask the musicians to hold up their guitars. […]
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Bringing together all the elements for the perfect picture
IT makes you feel it well worth following through with a planned idea for a photograph on the beach at Charmouth when you get a snap like this. […]
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Talking baby bumps with the Duchess
THE Duchess of Cambridge, more affectionally known as Kate, shows us all just how it’s done as she delights a young girl in a wheelchair in West London. […]
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Bringing art to life
THE West Country has the reputation of housing some of the finest contemporary artists in the world. Amongst them is internationally-known Heather Jansch, a leading contemporary sculptor with an established worldwide reputation for life-size driftwood horses. […]
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Ten years of pocket pigs and they’ve still got the cute factor!
THIS coming year will be the tenth year I have been photographing the miniature pigs of Pennywell Farm for a calendar. […]