9th March 2021
#5yearsago I was spotted a pair of peregrine falcons mating on the rooftops.
9th March 2021
#5yearsago Look closely at almost any Cherry Blossom in the town centre and you might see braided and embroidered bracelets hung carefully on the branches by tourists.
9th March 2021
Airborne with grace, a swan rises from the water.
Picture from my book 'Cambridge - Light & Shade'. Available at www.cambridgebooks.co.uk/cambridge-li... and all bookshops
8th March 2021
An empty theatre attends its audience (Howard Theatre, Downing College).
Picture from my book 'Cambridge - Light & Shade'. Available at www.cambridgebooks.co.uk/cambridge-li... and all bookshops
7th March 2021
#5yearsago In the middle of the woods, a hopeful sign of good things to come - oops.
7th March 2022
Waiting. Picture from my book 'Cambridge - Light & Shade'. Available at www.cambridgebooks.co.uk/cambridge-li... and all bookshops
6th March 2016
#10yearsago Two regulars on the market knowing exactly where to hang out.
6th March 2023
There is sheer clarity of purpose on the river.
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.
