Author: Alastair Johnston (149)

Cardiff in Monochrome

It's been a long time since I spent hours shooting in monochrome, back in the days of Ilford HP5 and FP4 rolling through my Nikon...

The Iron Man - Book Review

"The Iron Man came to the top of the cliff. How far had he walked? Nobody knows. Where had he come from? Nobody knows. How...

Rosehips

On Rosehips

There is always one of the hardened, vicious, replilian claw thorns that's going to get you. Usually the one you never saw coming. Straight into...

Let's talk about Coronavirus

I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see...

Ardingly College in the 1980's

Ardingly in the 80's A collection of sentimental snaps from my schooldays at Ardingly College during the 1980's. If you'd like access to the archive,...

Ardingly 80's

I was a kid with too much hair gel and a camera back in the 1980's. Ardingly gave me many happy memories and lifelong friends....

Bookstack

These are the books that I am either currently reading or have piled up either physically or virtually to be tackled next. This page will...

Salad Days

Perhaps having the allotment was worth it after all. I have grown salad! Yes, dear reader, after nearly losing my allotment because it was too...

The Moth - book review

I promised her that when she died, that for the rest of my life I was gonna live for her. I mean really live for...

The Letter

The letter arrives while I am eating my breakfast. Sitting on a bench with about eight other boys, I am part way through watery scrambled...

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