The Prince’s Trust’s 2023 Awards at the Theatre Royal Dury Lane had a huge celebrity A-list* walk down its red carpet. Of the 13 award categories, each with its own celebrity ambassador, are three international awards: Global Young Achiever, The Prince’s Trust Group Sustainability Award and the Amal Clooney Woman’s Empowerment Award…and George Clooney came…
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As an outsider to many a conference’s core material, I find the subject matter can sometimes be a little dry and I don’t get the chance to laugh out loud or snort uncontrollably through my nose. Luckily I had a wet wipe handy after listening to Louis Theroux being interviewed (Sorry new Nikon Z9, you…
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The first-ever Ramadan Iftar in the Tower of London’s 955 years of history Cardinal Nichols (Pictured), Chief Rabbi Mirvis, Imam Mahmoud OBE and Bishop Lusa Nsenga-Ngoy came together to break the Ramadan fast at sunset in a building that, four centuries ago, would execute people for small differences in their Christianity. See more of this…
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Thank you to Ahmed the embroider, Dewal the bread shop owner with the cool tree growing out the front of the shop, Tampr and his son Mustafa and all at the metal work shop, the Dye shop family, Ahmed and his busy bread making shop, Said the Mosque attendant, Hasan the mattress maker, the hardworking…
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As you turn your back on the Houses of Parliament (not because you have lost faith in democracy but because you should head down Westminster tube stairs facing forwards) take a moment to look up at the symbolic new roundel. Artist Larry Achiampong has redesigned the red and blue underground sign for Art on the…
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A mask can’t hold back the personalities of the volunteers that are helping our vaccination centres run smoothly. There is truth in the somewhat joke phrase ‘smile with your eyes’! See more of this project on my instagram @ alastairfyfe
It kept me sane and it was a great chance for my children to meet some of their school friends across the garden fence. We visited each child in the class and photographed them on their doorsteps and the teachers that bookend the children’s images were taken in front of the school. Can I go…
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Happy Valentines Day? Sorry to bring down the mood but here is the second in a series of domestic abuse awareness campaign posters I shot for Sutton Council. Their research says: Valentine’s Day for most people is a celebration of love, but for some it can be a more sinister time. In the UK, young…
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Dean Foster, the director of The Wadadli Short Film Festival is here to create, inspire and connect the next generation of Antiguan filmmakers! The Wadadli First Film Festival in Antigua aims to showcase and cultivate filmmakers from Antigua & Barbuda and attract a diverse mix from the Caribbean diaspora. See more of this project on my…
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Zhang Jian-Jun, or JJ to his friends (and acquaintances like me!) is one of the nicest dissident artists you could ever meet and he is the Royal Academy’s artist in residence. I like the way the edge of his drawing fits around JJ’s left side body profile.