A Sunny Weekend in Glasgow

Springtime in Glasgow, with a weekend full of sun and street photos.

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Hotel Room Diary

Three cheers for inspiration.  Just discovered the Instagram feed of portrait/reportage photographer Justin Sutcliffe, a fantastic photographer whose work I’ve previously noted and loved, including his stunning photograph of PC David Rathband, as well as his photograph of the shoe-keeper at the Blue…

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The Great Crypto Diversion

Following the Westminster attack in London, Britain’s home secretary, Amber Rudd, scapegoated social networks and end-to-end encryption communications. Is it possible her government has a messy domestic political issue that it’s trying to avoid discussing? Unclear grasp of the realities of…

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Aurora Borealis over Dundee

A funny thing happened recently on the way to Dundee. It was night, and I was taking the high road out of town, toward Strathkinness, when I saw a man standing with a tripod in a farm field. I slowed…

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The Streets of Paris

Recently I got to go to Paris for work. It was the first time I’d been there in five years, somehow, which seems crazy given how close it is, how I lived there for two years, and how I can still speak…

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