13th March 2021
#5yearsago on Magdalene Street.
13th March 2023
A cafe customer at John Lewis receives an unexpected visitor from an adjoining table.
Picture from my book 'Cambridge - Light & Shade'. Available at www.cambridgebooks.co.uk/cambridge-li... and all bookshops
12th March 2016
The popular Hindu festival Holi represents the arrival of spring and the triumph of good over evil and Cambridge students wasted no time celebrating it ten years ago today.
12th March 2021
#5yearsago
12th March 2020
After a shift in front of the Main Gate, a porter steps into the sunlit courtyard of Trinity College.
Picture from my book 'Cambridge - Light & Shade'. Available at www.cambridgebooks.co.uk/cambridge-li... and all bookshops
11th March 2021
The unmistakable turrets of Gonville & Caius College pierce a moody sky behind the dormer windows along St Mary's Street.
Picture from my book 'Cambridge - Light & Shade'. Available at www.cambridgebooks.co.uk/cambridge-li... and all bookshops
10th March 2021
When you know that your umbrella is inside out but with everything that's going on in the world, you just don't care.
10th March 2023
Snow falls on the London Planes that line Jesus Green Avenue.
Picture from my book 'Cambridge - Light & Shade'. Available at www.cambridgebooks.co.uk/cambridge-li... and all bookshops
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).
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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.../
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
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