Life, itself: The world, and all that's in it

This is the section of the site that updates most often - the writing and the photography and the cam that record day-to-day life in all its mundane and bizarre detail.

I trained as a journalist, so I'm used to using words to capture the world around me, but I've had no formal training in photography and am therefore having to make it up as I go along. But I worked with some talented press photographers across three different newspaper groups over almost a decade, and I think - hope - that some of it rubbed off...

Blog

I keep a regular web log at JournalSpace.com. Content varies: some days I like to dissect the news headlines, some days are more whimsical. You can read the most recent five posts here, or visit the archives on DeadJournal here

Picture this

So often in life you see moments that are worth remembering and you wish you could capture - thanks to a mini digital camera I can do that now. There's nothing special going on in these photos - just bits of life that seemed worth recording.

As seen by

When I visit someone's homepage one of the first things I do is look to see if they've included photos of themselves. So, just in case you do the same, here are some photos of me taken by a variety of people in a variety of circumstances...