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Tag for posts of exciting things I get to do by virtue of being the Vice President of the Royal Photographic Society.
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December 15, 2017
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Small Talk

Is it really only day 4 of the novelling adventure? I feel as though I’ve been in this novel for much longer, which, I suppose in my head, I have been. I’m slightly ahead of target as I sailed through the…
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November 4, 2016
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Vanishing Act

I’m really struggling with this one – no, not day 2 of NaNoWriMo, for I had that in the bag before the third coffee this morning – but the problem of how to get off the grid.  Rather than cutting…
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November 2, 2016
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Namedropping

Fab evening at the Horse Hospital. Organized by Travis Elborough, starring Geoff Nicholson and friends. As I embark on the great novelling escapade, I thought I would pick the brains of the novelists around the table for useful tips on…
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October 20, 2016
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Character Building

Enough messing around with stationery, playlists and excuses ... it’s time to get serious about this if I’m going to start and finish a novel in thirty days.  Tonight I’ll mainly be character building. Despite the picture, this will not…
Del
October 12, 2016
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Bibliothek

Books I have begged, borrowed, stolen, bought, been given, enjoyed, reviewed, lust after ... I’m slightly obsessed with books.  For practical purposes, I prefer to read novels on Kindle, but for everything else, you can’t beat a proper book with…
Del
October 1, 2016
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230615 Peripeteia

As the Greek tragedy continues, I'm so confused that I don't know whether today's events could constitute a peripeteia or not. It does all feel a bit like Groundhog Day ... Day #174 of the second 365 project, where the…
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June 23, 2015
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020115 Musette Player

I managed to find some bagpipes for today's word ("musette": 'Any of various kinds of small bagpipes; esp. a bellows-blown bagpipe of exquisite design, popular at the French court in the 17th and early 18th centuries. Now hist., OED)’, but…
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January 2, 2015
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091214 Lovelorn

The denizens of Chelsea were far too busy today to be moping around in a "lovelorn" ('Unhappy as a result of unrequited love or the loss of a lover; pining from love', OED) state. And I was far too busy…
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December 9, 2014
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081214 I was Nonplussed

"Nonplussed" meaning 'Brought to a nonplus or standstill; at a nonplus; perplexed, confounded'(OED), was something of an understatement in describing my reaction to this notice. I'm not sure which was more perplexing - the spelling mistake or the value of…
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December 8, 2014
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311014 Old Higue

Not quite a witch, which is what is really required for an "Old Higue" ('In legends and popular stories: a witch, said to shed her skin at night and fly (sometimes in the form of a ball of fire) in…
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October 31, 2014
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030914 A Mooth Day in Dagenham

The day was certainly "mooth": 'Of the weather: warm, sultry, close. Of a person: exhausted by heat' (OED). But that didn't stop us snapping Dagenham for Bleeding London. As there are more nail-bars than pubs in the area, we found…
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September 3, 2014
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170814 Alterity

"Alterity" means 'The fact or state of being other or different; diversity, difference, otherness; an instance of this', (OED). I could write a treatise on the subject of how recognising otherness reinforces a concept that scholars try to overcome by…
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August 17, 2014
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020814 Saeter on the wall

A bit of head-scratching with today's word "saeter" ('In Scandinavia: a mountain pasture where cattle remain during the summer months', OED), but a lucky find saved the day. A bit of contemporary minimalism added to deflect any accusations of plagiarism!…
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August 2, 2014
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100214 Alley-oop avoided

As soon as I saw today's word, I knew it was going to be a tough one to bag. With very little photo time and no chance of going anywhere that involved either heavy-lifting or leaping, I was struggling to…
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February 10, 2014