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Adventures in Photography; Scenery, Landscape and “Views”

23rd March 2020 Colin Cross 6977 Comments

In this second article about photography I wanted to talk about how I take “scenery” photographs, many of which often require setting up and/or travelling specifically to a place to take pictures and others which [more…]

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Adventures In Photography, Close Ups

27th February 2020 Colin Cross 3891 Comments

Back in September 2017 I wrote an article about photography, considering whether or not it could truly be considered an art form. I was being a little disingenuous, many people make a living from taking [more…]

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Postcard From Cumbria; Silloth and Abbeytown

13th February 2020 Colin Cross 3482 Comments

Mention Cumbria to most people and they generally think “Lake District”. This isn’t always the case, mention Cumbria to a paid up member of the Urban “wokerati” and all you’ll get in response is a [more…]

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Labour

23rd January 2020 Colin Cross 2689 Comments

Then “Now then our Colin, what is it tha’s thinking about doing when tha’ leaves school”. The question came completely out of the blue. It was Saturday morning and Colin was in the cobblers shed [more…]

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Diversity, Implied Racism and The Lake District (A Resident’s Perspective)

13th January 2020 Colin Cross 2299 Comments

Although not a born and bred Cumbrian I’ve made my home, for the second (and final) time in the Lake District. I first came here in 1975 and although the attractions on a base level [more…]

17th Century

Art

12th December 2019 Colin Cross 2992 Comments

I won’t lie, I like art, I like visiting galleries, I even like some “modern” art, although there are limits, as you can see from the featured image above. A sandwich wrapper, carefully torn to [more…]

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In Praise of Mono-Culturalism

27th November 2019 Colin Cross 2037 Comments

What is “monoculturalism”? Take a trip around the internet and you’ll find out that monoculturalism is defined as “the cultivation of a single crop in a given area”. That’s all well and good and the [more…]

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Postcard From Zakynthos (Outtake)

18th November 2019 Colin Cross 2533 Comments

As I pointed out in my previous missive from Zakynthos, the weather for the Thursday of our Greek adventure wasn’t going to be anything to write home about (I’ve never let that stop me before) [more…]

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A (short) Postcard From “The Firkin Fox”

25th October 2019 Colin Cross 4175 Comments

I have a good friend who lives in Essex, although we are very different people we’ve always got along well since we first met, we share a sense of humour that not everyone gets. We [more…]

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