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The Signs of Covid

I took a stroll around town and shot the signs in the shops and windows.

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Nasty Women art show and march in Stroud, October 2017.

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Nasty Women Nasty Women art show and march in Stroud, October 2017.

I am amazed by how moving it is to watch two people commit to each other and to see their families supporting them. Once again I felt incredibly privileged to be invited to witness and record this day for Fran & Dave at their wedding in Stroud and reception at the Bear of Rodborough.

A Wedding in the Cotswolds I am amazed by how moving it is to watch two people commit to each other and to see their families supporting them.

This couple wanted informal shots of their wedding – photographs for people who don’t like having their picture taken. The privilege of shooting a wedding like this was immense.

Cardigan Wedding This couple wanted informal shots of their wedding - photographs for people who don't like having their picture taken. The privilege of shooting a wedding like this was immense.

#photography #wedding

A Rant to a Poisonous-Thinking Man on Facebook

Facebook offers us the opportunity to encounter people we would normally never want to meet, and despite this notion of the sealed bubble I think it has actually brought me into more direct contact with terrible thinking than I ever encountered in real life pre-social-media. An example the other day was a discussion about women in the UK wearing burkas. Someone pitched in to say that it was an…

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What You are Supposed to DO About the Situation in Aleppo (GO TO WORK)

Aleppo falls – and we all cry. The BBC and Facebook beam us images of little toddlers in shock, and we cry. We wail! OOOh what is to be done! How did this happen! Why won’t they just stop bombing! What can we do! What can I do! We are so helpless! I am so helpless! Oh the poor little children! Sign a petition! Write a Letter! Send some money~! We must stop it happening now! And I myself have had…

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#aleppo #emotional porn #i should be working

Grayson's Better Man

Grayson’s Better Man

I am a fan of Grayson, and Perry’s latest tv trio investigation into ‘masculinity’ was on my watch list as soon as I heard about it. I had really loved his study of the class system, found the Portraits series fascinating and resonant, and with motherhood having made me a more ardent feminist than before, I was excited to see what insights he would be sharing. I won’t say I am…

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#grayson #man #masculinity #perry

Limited edition letterpress print for the Orange Circus Band new single We Make Our Smiles https://theorangecircus.bandcamp.com/merch/we-make-our-smiles-letterpress-a5-card-with-single-download #wemakeoursmiles #orangecircusband #letterpress #singlerelease #limitededition (at Stroud, Gloucestershire)

#singlerelease #limitededition #wemakeoursmiles #letterpress #orangecircusband