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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… […]
WITH springtime very much upon us it’s that time of year when the bird population goes to war over nesting site defence, as well as rival disputes regarding attracting the females of their species. […]
DURING the past 12 months of virus mayhem, who would have spared a thought that two years ago we were all feeling so proud that our tiny town was to star in yet another Hollywood blockbuster movie. […]
THE kingfisher is by far the royalty of British birds – beautiful colours including iridescent blue feathers and a unique way of catching food on our waterways. […]
I TOOK this shot in 2016; it was as always the second Sunday of November in Whitehall at the annual laying of wreaths at the Cenotaph for Remembrance. […]
FOLLOWING in her mother’s footsteps, the queen’s granddaughter Zara Tindall, or Phillips as she was then, at Bicton Horse Trials. […]
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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