Jun
14
Lucy Cavendish College asked me to photograph guests at their riverside May Bumps party. I was expecting a large marquee crammed next to all the other colleges’ increasingly corporately styled functions but was very pleasantly surprised. Tucked away in a delightful private meadow, the party was relaxed and very informal.
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May
23
Jesus College is officially called “The College of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint John the Evangelist and the glorious Virgin Saint Radegund, near Cambridge; commonly called Jesus”. For obvious reasons it is very rarely called by its official name.
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May
16
Six of the University of Cambridge Museums took part in ‘Museums at Night’. I was asked to photograph families and other visitors enjoying a variety of events at 3 separate venues between 5pm and 8pm; The Whipple Museum, where top researchers were on hand to answer all sorts of burning questions about the museum’s intriguing scientific instruments; The Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, with demonstrations from three Chilean artists of their contemporary and indigenous artwork and The Fitzwilliam Museum, where everyone enjoyed live music courtesy of a vintage skiffle band.
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May
12
The new Stanground Academy was officially opened on 2nd May by Lord Nash, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Schools. The Stanground Academy has been completely rebuilt following a £24 million investment by Peterborough City Council. The new Academy buildings include a state-of-the-art teaching block with fully equipped specialist rooms for science, technology, art and ICT.
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Apr
07
Cambridge entered a fifties timewarp as James Norton and Robson Green filmed scenes in the city for new ITV murder-mystery, Grantchester. Set against the backdrop of the real hamlet of Grantchester, the drama focuses upon the life of Sidney Chambers, a charismatic, charming clergyman who turns investigative vicar when one of his parishioners dies in suspicious circumstances.
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Apr
06
Kettle’s Yard was originally the home of Jim Ede and his wife Helen. Moving to Cambridge in 1956, they converted four small cottages into one idiosyncratic house and a place to display Ede’s collection of early 20th-century art. Ede maintained an ‘open house’ each afternoon, giving any visitors a personal tour of his collection. Today, the house is preserved as the Edes left it, making a very informal space to enjoy the permanent collection.
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Apr
05
Another Museum of Cambridge University, this time the Scott Polar Research Institute. I was asked to photograph The Polar Museum to provide images that would help promote their unique collection of artefacts and other materials illustrating polar exploration, history and science. In particular the Scott Polar Research Institute Museum building and interior displays being enjoyed by visitors of all ages.
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Dec
09
This Christmas Coutts partnered with Fabergé for its Christmas Window Display. Fabergé collections are imbued with poetry, artistry and refined ideals of beauty made possible by unrivalled craftsmanship, innovation and ingenuity, all underlined with a strong emotional engagement.
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Nov
19
If you happened to be walking through Cambridge one drizzly afternoon in late October, your day may well have been brightened by the sight of a fully-decked Christmas tree being wheeled down the road. This was the day of Cambridge Magazine’s festive front cover shoot. It had started with a casual conversation – ‘Wouldn’t it be cool if we got a tree, dressed it up, and took a shot of it somewhere in town?’ – and spiralled into a full-scale two-location photo shoot.
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Oct
01
Every year I am asked to take pictures at Sir Harry Smith Community College for their Sixth Form Prospectus. It’s always a delight to encounter young people who are enthusiastic about learning and who are encouraged and supported by dedicated teachers. Stuck out in the middle of the Fenland countryside might seem a disadvantage for those seeking to further their academic learning but it is to the credit of this college that the vast majority of their Sixth Form students continue their studies at university.
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Sep
30
End of Season Meeting
29th September 2013.
The Vintage Sports-Car Club made their first foray to Norfolk in 2012, with an event on the 2 mile Snetterton ‘200’ circuit. The VSCC was formed in 1934 with a cut-off date of vehicles manufactured by 1931 and you will see many fine vintage cars, plus a lot of post-vintage thoroughbreds – cars built between 1931 and 1940 but adhering to earlier standards – plus the best post-war cars such as the Grand Prix and sports racing cars of the 1950s.
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Sep
22
Sponsored by the Greenwood Dale Foundation Trust, the new City of Peterborough Academy opened in September 2013 in Peterborough. Following a £13.8m building programme the new Academy is now attracting new students to a wonderful new environment.
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Sep
14
Arthur Mellows Village College is a secondary school in Peterborough with Academy status specialising in technology. The college has an outstanding reputation supported by glowing OFSTED Inspection Reports. Every year I am asked to take pictures for their new College Prospectus and Sixth Form Brochure.
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Sep
08
First staged in 2003, the London Design Festival is one of the world’s most important annual design events. The nine day festival programme is made up of over 280 events and exhibitions by 200 partner organisations across the design spectrums and from around the world. Coutts are a major sponsor of the 2013 London Design Festival and celebrate their support with a window display at their head office in The Strand.
The window display was installed overnight and so made a challenging opportunity to make a time-lapse movie amongst the Saturday night revellers!
Sep
04
What can I say – if you have children of almost any age then I urge you to book tickets now for next year’s Lodestar – it’s an absolutely amazing festival for kids and young parents. If however you’re a single guy of indeterminate age looking for a mutually gratifying summer connection, then perhaps not.
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Sep
01
Nasu Enzuru Theatre Company chose a little known island on the River Cam to stage Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ to a lucky audience of only 80 guests.
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Aug
30
Nasu Enzuru Theatre Group put on an unbelievably decadent production of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream on the banks of the river Cam last week. Before their last performance I persuaded a few members of the cast to costume up for a quick shoot.
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Aug
04
I didn’t have much time to take pictures at this year’s Cambridge Folk Festival as I thought it might be fun to take a job ferrying the artists from their hotels to backstage. It was great fun and I got to meet some of my favourite artists including The Levellers, Heidi Talbot, Larkin Poe and The Waterboys.
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Jul
18
SJdB & Partners Private Air Show and Aviation Dinner
Monday 15th July at Stapleford Park Hotel & Estate
Members enjoyed the extraordinary privilege of a private air show featuring The Red Arrows, The Blades, The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Spitfire and display by pilot Brendan O’Brien in a J3 Cub.
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Jul
14
Wormsley has been described as the most beautiful cricket ground in England and anyone who has watched or played cricket there will never forget the experience. A red telephone box sits next to the thatched pavilion, overlooking the immaculate field of play and the sloping Chiltern Hills beyond. Red Kites wheel overhead, floating on the air currents while the game unfolds below.
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