Tales from the blind the lens of Lyme’s award-winning photographer, Richard Austin. To view more comment and opinion pieces, visit our Blogs section.
OF all the celebrities I’ve met and photographed, they didn’t come any funnier than Cornwall’s very own comedian Jethro. […]
IT was smiles all around when Her Majesty The Queen visited The Wyvern Barracks in Exeter. […]
IN over 20 years of photographing the animals at Paignton Zoo, one of my favourites was Kivu, the Western Lowland Gorilla who hated the frosty weather but braved the cold to forage in the frost for his favourite food, corn on the cob. […]
ON a deserted beach or in the country’s capital city (above), poppies will forever be the symbol of remembrance. […]
THE first thing famous magician Paul Daniels said to his Marine Theatre audience was “You’ll like this… not a lot, but you’ll like it”. […]
SOME of the LymeOnline readers would have experienced the tiny micro pigs at Pennywell Farm in South Devon – it’s where they originated under more than one name, such as micro pigs and pocket pigs. […]
IF you can recall the Steve McQueen film ‘The Thomas Crown Affair’ from the 1960s, you may remember the film’s theme tune ‘Windmills of Your Mind’ sung by Noel Harrison. […]
WITH the sound of chirping birds above me I was delighted to witness a family of swallows waiting for the parent bird to pop a captured fly in their mouths. […]
SOPHIE Countess of Wessex was the VIP guest at The Association of Show and Agricultural Organisations (ASAO) at a posh hotel in Torquay. […]
IN 1997 Great Britain’s famous Olympic woman’s long jump champion returned to her home city of Wells, in Somerset, where I was to meet up with her for a small photo shoot. […]
THE Falklands War 25th anniversary commemorations in central London, with former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher standing out among the military personnel and royalty in her bright pink ensemble. […]
PICTURED above, England cricket all-rounder Ian Botham, now Lord Botham, walking through Devon on his second 874-mile marathon for the Leukaemia Research Fund, from John O’Groats to Land’s End. […]
HAVING a chat and chuckle with political legend, former Chancellor of the Exchequer Lord Denis Healy, was a privilege and a great opportunity to talk cameras. […]
IT’S hard to believe that 20 years ago a highly-decorated, international sailor unveiled his unique giant catamaran. […]
PHOTOGRAPHING the Duchess of Cambridge was a real treat; she was carrying her daughter Charlotte at the time with about five months to go before her birth. […]
MY own tribute to Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, who I snapped on and off for a few decades… […]
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