5th March 2023
A spectator seems puzzled about the destination of runners in the Cambridge Half Marathon.
Picture from my book 'Cambridge - Light & Shade'. Available at www.cambridgebooks.co.uk/cambridge-li... and all bookshops
5th March 2023
A spectator seems puzzled about the destination of runners in the Cambridge Half Marathon.
Picture from my book 'Cambridge - Light & Shade'. Available at www.cambridgebooks.co.uk/cambridge-li... and all bookshops
I'm at the Spring Cambridge Literary Festival on Thursday 23rd April. Expect loads of images from my 'A Cambridge Diary' project and some stories along the way. You can book tickets now at www.cambridgeliteraryfestival.com/.../martin.../
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4th March 2016
#10yearsago at Queens College.
4th March 2021
The Chisholm Trail, Abbey Chesterton Bridge reflected in the River Cam.
4th March 2023
A blue umbrella remains up under the cloisters of Emmanuel College.
Picture from my book 'Cambridge - Light & Shade'. Available at www.cambridgebooks.co.uk/cambridge-li... and all bookshops
3rd March 2016
#10yearsago at Magdalene College
3rd March 2021
#5yearsago
3rd March 2023
AstraZeneca's new Energy and Data Centre takes shape behind a protective crimson wall.
Picture from my book 'Cambridge - Light & Shade'. Available at www.cambridgebooks.co.uk/cambridge-li... and all bookshops
2nd March 2021
#5yearsago at Sawston.
2nd March 2022
The Bridge of Sighs at St John's College is illuminated in blue and yellow in support of Ukraine following the country's invasion by Russia.
Picture from my book 'Cambridge - Light & Shade'. Available at www.cambridgebooks.co.uk/cambridge-li... and all bookshops
1st March 2026
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7th February 2026
A window on the world at The Shopkeeper's Daughter.
1st March 2021
In Outwell, in March, Steve the skeleton and his bony chums are still in their winter warmers.
Picture from my book 'Cambridge - Light & Shade'. Available at www.cambridgebooks.co.uk/cambridge-li... and all bookshops
March
Picture from my book 'Cambridge - Light & Shade'. Available at www.cambridgebooks.co.uk/cambridge-li... and all bookshops
28th February 2021
#5yearsago at the Secret Wood.
28th February 2023
In a city of contradictions, an elderly gentleman makes his way along Green Street.
Picture from my book 'Cambridge - Light & Shade'. Available at www.cambridgebooks.co.uk/cambridge-li... and all bookshops
3. as he went. His music faded slowly into the depths, until silence fell. He was neither seen nor heard again.
Picture from my new book 'Cambridge - Light & Shade'. Available at www.cambridgebooks.co.uk/cambridge-li... and all bookshops.
2. One descends into darkness, its ceiling gradually lowering under centuries of rubble. Legend claims it stretches all the way to King’s College Chapel, though its end point in reality remains undiscovered. A haunting tale lingers that long ago, a fiddler ventured into the tunnel, playing boldly ..
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1. 27th February 2022
A bricklayer repairs one of Grantchester's oldest and longest walls. This historic boundary runs along Mill Way, stretching from the church past the Orchard Tea Garden to enclose Manor House Farm. Beneath the farmhouse lie vast stone cellars, home to two mysterious tunnels ...
26th February 2021
Some people have to scale the heights to find their place.
Picture from my new book 'Cambridge - Light & Shade'. Available at www.cambridgebooks.co.uk/cambridge-li... and all bookshops.
25th February 2022
A single ceiling light over the bar marks a favourite spot for a regular at the Champion of the Thames.
Picture from my new book 'Cambridge - Light & Shade'. Available at www.cambridgebooks.co.uk/cambridge-li... and all bookshops.
24th February 2021
As we all waited for the final COVID lockdown to lift, Mauriziio's on Mill Road installed two mannequins ‘dining out’. The installation attracted the attention of contemporary artist Grayson Perry and it was featured on his Channel 4 show.
24th February 2023
A hint of Hopper on Victoria Avenue.
Picture from my new book 'Cambridge - Light & Shade'. Available at www.cambridgebooks.co.uk/cambridge-li... and all bookshops.
23rd February 2021
#5yearsago Trinity College gardeners planted 20,000 tiny crocus bulbs around the Newton tree.
23rd February 2023
There are Rothkoesque fields behind Wandlebury Ring.
Picture from my new book 'Cambridge - Light & Shade'. Available at www.cambridgebooks.co.uk/cambridge-li... and all bookshops.
22nd February 2021
Following a minor misunderstanding involving garden decorum, this gnome doesn't appear to mind spending time behind bars .
Picture from my new book 'Cambridge - Light & Shade'. Available at www.cambridgebooks.co.uk/cambridge-li... and all bookshops.
21st February 2021
#5yearsago at St John's College.
20th February 2021
#5yearsago I saw nothing and everything.
19th February 2016
#5yearsago Mother (and Olive), Wicken Fen
20th February 2021
Picture from my new book 'Cambridge - Light & Shade'. Available at www.cambridgebooks.co.uk/cambridge-li... and all bookshops.