February 2006
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The Morecambe Bay Guide
Many lives have been lost on the treacherous sands of Morecambe Bay. The Chinese cockle-pickers, in the news headlines, did not expect the powerful tides of this part of the Lancashire coast. Directly across the bay from the area called Hest Bank, where the cockle-pickers went onto the sands, lives Mr Cedric Robinson: the official walking guide for this now infamous tidal area. I had the pleasure of meeting Mr Robinson, to gain some insight…
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Tom Hunter Photography
Tom Hunter currently has a substantial exhibition at the National Gallery, showing his large-scale photographs. Photography in major galleries is increasing, but still relatively rare and correspondingly interesting. His work got a negative appraisal by the Sunday Times, where a critic objected to what he called the cut and paste aesthetic you can also identify in other areas of cultural life. It’s part of the ‘dumbing down’ of culture many people have decried, which I…
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Lake District Photography
I’ve finally got my other web site working almost the way I want it: www.lakelandphotos.com. Like www.jameslomax.com it took a long time to develop, using open source software and extensive help from people I met on the internet. The first time I went to the Lake District was approximately 1985. With clear skies, I could see the distant peaks across Morecambe Bay from my flat and one summer day, during the long vacation, I…