Tony Benn
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Au revoir, Tony Benn

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Les Champs Numeriques: Nice’s Promenade du Paillon

Nice's Coulée Verte - or, loosely translated, 'Green Corridor' - replaces two monumental, aspirational but irredeemably ugly brutalist structures; its central bus station (Gare Routiere) and a spectacularly hideous public car park. Both…
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Strange Fruit: Michael Douglas, Matt Damon
  Behind the Candelabra

Playing someone (in)famously described as… … a deadly, winking, sniggering, snuggling, chromium-plated, scent-impregnated, luminous, quivering, giggling, fruit-flavoured, mincing, ice-covered heap of mother love …takes a lot of humour.…
Jean Dujardin at Cannes, 2011
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Scooped! a kiss from Jean Dujardin

Somehow, I managed to steal a kiss from Jean Dujardin, who was wildly popular with the French crowd at Cannes, and wholly unknown by everyone else, back then in May 2011. Somehow, all the fuss seemed to be about Uggy, the dog, winner of…
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Sprouts on Broadway

They're green, children loathe them, and they give you gas. However, adulthood brings enjoyment of all kinds of weird things, and veganism even more so. Slow-roasted sprouts with kürbiskernöl are among my favourite things, as are…
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Swan, meditating, St James’s Park

This swan caught my eye one sunlit evening as I crossed the park. Although the image required a bit of retouching - removing debris from the surface of the water and upping the contrast to remove a green tinge from the lake, as far as'nature'shots…
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I Love Paris (I): St Germain des Pres

One of the greatest photographic challenges posed by Paris in winter is the city's lack of colour. The dull skies paint the city grey but colours, when they do appear, seem unexpectedly vivid…
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Mushroom magic: the season is upon us…

This vivid mound of mushrooms, at London's extremely trendy Borough Market, is worth its weight in some heavy metal, if not gold. If, however, you're prepared to don your wellies and get your hands dirty, you can save yourself a small fortune,…