As the first edition sold out before even arriving from the printers (Totem in Poland) it’s really exciting to learn that the second edition in softcover has now arrived.
Available via
www.imageandreality.com
Bridgnorth Diary 11/3/1866
After 35 live events last year, I'm taking it a bit easier this year. But I will be speaking at most of the main history festivals. Next up is COVENTRY where I'll look closer at Henry & Elizabeth and the Marriage that Made the Tudors. Love, war, grief, we'll cover it all.
The timber-framed gatehouse of Stokesay Castle in Shropshire. The castle is essentially a 13th-century fortified manor-house, while the gatehouse dates to the early 17th century. 📸 My own. #Woodensday #StokesayCastle #Shropshire
We’re so excited to be hosting a fantastic family show during the Easter Holidays!
“A Noise Annoys” with Jude Simpson – a lively, laugh-out-loud show packed with poetry, songs and plenty of silliness for all ages.
Book your tickets here: www.artsalive.co.uk
Ooh err missus! 😂😂
Bridgnorth Diary 10/3/1866
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... Early stroll soundtrack: fine music presented by @sowetokinch.bsky.social Great to hear Iain Ballamy @bbcsounds.bsky.social
Finished colour proof.
A black and white photograph of a heavy industrial anchor point for a suspension bridge. Large, painted metal chains and cables are secured into a massive stone and concrete block at the edge of a paved path. In the background, a white metal gate with a sunburst design stands between two stone pillars, with a glimpse of a hillside beyond.
A black and white photograph taken from a low angle on a suspension bridge, focusing on the heavy metal eye-bar chains in the foreground. The chains lead the eye toward a large stone gateway built in a medieval castle style with crenelated towers. A narrow road runs under the archway of the tower, and the bridge extends into the distance under a grey sky.
A black and white photograph showing the massive iron eye-bar chains of a suspension bridge anchored into a weathered stone tower. The tower is partially covered in ivy and surrounded by wild shrubs. In the background, a dark metal gate stands at the end of a paved path, with bare trees visible against a pale sky.
A black and white photograph of a historic suspension bridge featuring large stone towers with medieval-style battlements. The bridge's eye-bar chains swoop down from the towers across the frame. In the foreground, a dark metal gate and stone wall are partially obscured by bare, wintry branches. A larger stone tower is visible in the background under a cloudy sky.
#Conwy Suspension Bridge
built by Thomas Telford in 1822–1826
#photography #shootGR #GRist
Another 14 copies of ‘On the road’ going out of the door today.
To Canada, Australia, Belgium, US and UK.
70 left of this 1st edition now.
I printed 200 rather than the 150 of ‘One night’.
www.marcwilson.co.uk/book-print-s...
Free Children’s Art Workshop – Tuesday 10th March
Cygnets Art School South Shropshire is launching at the Discovery Centre with a free session for young artists.
📷 Tuesday 10th March
📷 3:30pm – 4:30pm
Spaces can be booked here:
cygnetsartschool.com/launch-event...
I wrote a Wikipedia biography of Clemence "Clem" Acland, a pioneering bird photographer and early radio broadcaster
Thanks to @btobirds.bsky.social for the inspiration.
Photos: These bold women stand up for justice, rights ... and freedom
www.npr.org/2026/03/08/g...
A stone stile illustration.
Next small four colour print will be this stone stile.
#stile #drystonewall #cornwall #tintagel #illustration
On International Women's Day, here's to the 2 strongest woman I know.
My wonderful Anna and my amazing mum, already well into her 90's and as strong as brilliant as ever.
A high-contrast black and white photograph of the Caledonian MacBrayne ferry "Isle of Islay" passing by a stone pier. The large vessel dominates the mid-ground, featuring its name and the "Caledonian MacBrayne" company branding on its dark hull. The ship has a white upper deck with rows of circular portholes and a funnel marked with a lion rampant logo. In the foreground, a dark, textured stone pier is lined with vintage-style lampposts and low bollards connected by chains, casting long shadows. The water is calm, and a distant, hilly coastline is visible under a sky filled with soft, scattered clouds. The monochrome edit emphasizes the dramatic lighting and the industrial details of the ferry against the natural landscape.
Isle of Islay
#Photography #StreetPhotography #BlackAndWhitwPhotography #ClassicMono #EastCoastKin #Lumix
A stranger portrait from a visit to Bradford yesterday. Thanks to David here for posing for this photo.
#portrait #classicmono
See you all later for Verby delights!
Bridgnorth Diary 7/3/1866
Looking east onto Milecastle 39 - a fortlet on Hadrian’s Wall, located to the northeast of Once Brewed in Northumberland. 📸 My own. #RomanSiteSaturday #HadriansWall #RomanBritain #Northumberland
Lovely to be in the Western Mail magazine today with my @clwbffoto.bsky.social show, only a couple of pages away from Rhian Elizabeth, who kindly lent some poetry to the Valleys book. The Valleys are coming!
A CD cover with a montage of pictures, including the Clee Hill some old carts and biers and a man wearing Edwardian clothes
WAGONS TO WHEEL BIERS...Today's fab charity shop find! Some of Alf Jenkins' work preserving a very local south Shropshire dialect that was only spoken in and around the Clee Hill area #Shropshire #history #heritage
My photo shows a museum display with colourful Minoan pottery cups arranged on three clear shelves, one above the other. These cups, known as Kamares Ware, are from Phaistos, Crete. They were made in palace workshops, c. 1800-1700 BC. The cups range in shape and size from conic and cylindrical cups (top and middle shelves) to hemispherical and carinated shaped cups (bottom shelf). They are decorated with multi-coloured geometric motifs; with spirals and swirls painted in red and white pigment on black.
Sipping my coffee ☕️ and thinking about these marvellous Minoan cups!
They look so modern it’s incredible to think they were made during the Bronze Age some 3,800 years ago!
Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete. 📷 by me
#Archaeology
@stigofthedump.bsky.social very much enjoyed the lo-fi podcast and your pictures at the Northern Eye were fab :-)
One of the most useful promotional tools I've used over the past year - I’m often asked about ‘what kind of photography’ I do. Whipping your phone out is fine, but I always think a physical copy is nice to hand out, so I had these made…sort of a multi layer business card.
Women football players by the corner flag on a football pitch under floodlights with stadium stands in the background
Great to see the young Lionesses playing at Shrewsbury Town last night... England Women’s Under 23s were denied a win with a late stoppage time equaliser from Netherlands U23's Eva Oude Elberink - the match ending 1-1. #Lionesses #Shropshire
Today's the day folks! VALLEYS opening tonight, at Clwb Ffoto in Newport. Photos from the book, photos not in the book, limited edition prints, stickers... It's all go. See you there!
Bridgnorth diary 6/3/1866
