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Fake Smiles & Nout Kisses

I don’t need your Facebook Love. Framed with kisses and smiley hugs. I can do without your Twitter tweet. Cleaver, profound or sickly sweet. A…

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Such is life

At the start there was man. And man spends his days hunting and looking for shelter. Then came intellect. Man now shelters where there is…

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Social Injustice

Minting Truth and Justice. Point the finger, put them though the ringer. These days it’s easy to know. Place the blame, targets for shame. These…

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The Glue That Joins Us

It’s not in the band of gold or the sparkle of a stone. If not in garage flowers you buy on your way home. If…

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Optomax 135mm 1:28 Lens Review

I’ve never bought or been given a lens that I couldn’t get results out of but this one perplexed me a little bit. Sure in…

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Three Vintage Lenses Get Tested

After the warmest day of the year I decided to visit a local wildlife area with three vintage lenses I hadn’t really used much since…

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Posted in UK Politics

EU elections prove I was right to vote leave.

A while back I wrote about how the way Brexit has gone underlined my reasons for voting Leave even though I would not class myself…

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Canon Lens FD 50mm 1:14 SSC Review

I start of this section not with any preference but just with the first vintage lens that came to hand. In this case it’s a…

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