My favourite pictures of 2023 – part 2

Continuing with a few more of my favourite shots from last year. I hope you like them. One of the last pictures of the year. Shot on Dec 29. This was at a boatyard not too far from home. It was the striking colours that grabbed me as well as the symmetry. One of the …

Liverpool commemorates the Battle of the Atlantic – 80 years on

During WW2 Britain relied on goods, food, fuel and munitions from our good friends across the Atlantic in the USA. Without these vital imports we would have starved and possibly capitulated. Hitlers plan was to ensure his U-Boat packs sunk as many of these Merchant convoys as posssible, dramatically disrupting our supply route. This was …

Liverpool & Ukraine Unite

This Saturday, Liverpool, my local city, hosts the worlds longest running musical event, an event so huge that it has eclised the crowning of a King in this part of the UK. An event that will be televised throughout the world and watched by almost 200 million people. It is the Euro Vision Song Contest …

Childhood’s Chariots

Fifty years ago we didn't have traffic congestion. Few people owned cars, phones or colour television sets. But we got around, thanks to these things called "buses". They took us everywhere we wanted, for pennies, from very early in the morning to very late at night. You got them to school, work, pubs and dates. …

A Nation Mourns..

Its been a week now. A week with our new King. And as the initial shock of the death of our Queen, Elizabeth 2nd, diminishes, the realisation of history dawns. From those silent days of last weekend when we all simply went about life feeling numb, not knowing what to do or say, to today …

The Changing of the Seasons

The tide of inevitability engulfs us all. As we lament the setting of the sun we also welcome its rise. In-between there is darkness. Time has no barrier, no master, for no two days are the same. Only destiny is our constant.

When “the greats” came to town

Back in the 70s and 80s the major tennis pro's of the day didn't just play at Wimbledon. In fact they often entered low key events throughout the country to get practice playing on grass. One of those tournaments took place in a public park in West Kirby on the Wirral every June and has …

A boxful of stories

This is a British mail box commonly known as a post box or pillar box. This particular one stands outside Birkenhead Park on Merseyside and is over 150 years old. It is called a "Penfold" box, named after its designer John Penfold. It is made of cast iron and dates to between 1866 & 1879 …

Pray for Ukraine

I have set up a web site here in the UK as a voice for the civilian population of Ukraine. It uses the language of photography to show the true scale of humanitarian suffering. A few images are very graphic, most are just harrowing. I update it most days as new images are sent to …

Ukranian civilians evacuate Irpin

I was sent this video this morning by my Ukranian friend Yuriy Gruzinov. It was filmed yesterday ( Sunday 6th March 2022) and shows civilians evacuating the town of Irpin, outside Kiev. It has been sent to Sky News. https://youtu.be/ZG_d4UR_SvA You can see all of Sergi's images on this web site https://prayforukrain.weebly.com/. They are of …