Phil “Philthy Animal” Taylor, Motörhead’s relentless drummer, may have left the stage for the final time, but his legacy pulses strongly for fans of heavy music and dark tourism alike. Resting in Hasland Cemetery, Derbyshire, Taylor’s grave is a quiet, unassuming site — a stark contrast to the roar of the […]
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Dusk-to-dawn photography captures the hours when light shifts fastest. The world feels most alive then. From the final warmth slipping off the horizon to the first glow of morning, this is the magic window. Atmosphere becomes the subject as much as the landscape itself. Colours fade. Silhouettes sharpen. The sky […]
My Current Camera Kit And Photography Philosophy Over the 40 or so years I’ve been photographing, I’ve used just about every system imaginable—compact cameras, SLRs, DSLRs, full-frame, crop sensors, micro four thirds, and even 1” sensors. Each system has its strengths and quirks, and through years of experimentation, one lesson […]
Standing at the edge of the padlocked shaft, a cold shiver ran down my spine. Though I could not peer inside, the dark void
Born Into a World of Hard Edges Willy “Big Willy” Collins grew up in a traveller family where loyalty, noise and conflict lived under the same roof. One of sixteen children, he learned early that weakness was dangerous. When the Collins family settled in Sheffield, the city didn’t soften him. […]
Thankfully, I’d managed to snag front row, centre stage seats in the premier area — the kind of detail that instantly sets the tone for a great night.