I like Land Rovers. I've got an old one. It has 'foibles', it leaks: water in from the outside, oil out from the inside. I've 'adapted' it for my needs using a hackaw and......
Plane with profiled steel © John MacPherson "Just burn them" he said. "Pile them all in that old dustbin,......
Ok I'll admit upfront, I have no idea if what I'm about to write will make any sense whatsoever. I've had a mishmash of 'stuff' stewing in my brain for ages now, courtesy of......
One of my interests is deserts. Coming from the highlands of Scotland, and in fact born in a town with the reputation for having the UK's highest rainfall (between 90 and 200 inches annually......
I read a thought-provoking article recently: ‘War photography, war pornography: must we see blood to understand conflict?' by Magda Mis, writing on the Thomson Reuters Foundation website. It was published before this......
It's been a terrible week of news from Egypt, and other places. Sad and depressing. So to start the weekend here's something different, and hopeful for the future. I looked into the room where my son......
Language, honesty, passion, compulsion....and love. Powerful and moving testimony about how we can change. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=vnKZ4pdSU-s...
What it says in the title. Get your entries in asap ladies! And good luck! Compared to the normal 'competitions' that make you pay to enter and suck you dry, this is good stuff. You......
Intriguing piece on NPR about curation and the historical significance of images. The pictures are wonderful. Well worth a look. https://vimeo.com/71998906#...
This is a post about a few things it might be worth bearing in mind if you want to see your reputation enhanced, and your work opportunities possibly increase. My apologies that it's turned......
The breast feathers of the falcon felt like warm silk in the palm of my hand, soft and delicate. The wild thumping heartbeat beneath the down betrayed the life that still fought within. It......
Image © Sgt Mike MacLeod/US Army "Do I care that this salute is spun out of......
John H White © Scott Strazzante I read an interesting article in the BJP this week......
I served an apprenticeship as a carpenter, but it was with the local joiner & undertaker, four years of learning how to change wood into various things: some items were purely functional, others beautiful,......
Francesca Borri © Alessio Romenzi "Freelancers are second-class journalists—even if there are only freelancers here, in Syria, because this......
A couple of things over the last few weeks really got to me. One made me annoyed, another...well...just moved me, with good old emotion. But all of it made me stop, and think. First was......
I developed a plan some years ago for a community woodland development. It involved various 'sculptures' made from two of my favourite creative materials, wood and glass, with a bit of stainless steel thrown......
There's got to be SOME good work out there......© John MacPherson The Banff Mountain Photography Competition was recently judged. Or not. I'm not entirely......
Hull © John MacPherson When the winter maintenance was finished and his boat had been well scraped and cleaned, the yachtsman......
Decision time is looming in Scotland....the constitutional experts and political pundits are lining up for the debates..........the financial experts are sharpening up their spreadsheet calculations, the orators their rhetoric, and the retired generals their......