An innovation that propelled Britain to become the world’s leading iron exporter during the Industrial Revolution was stolen from an 18th-century Jamaican foundry run by enslaved Africans bit.ly/3ND5NJQ

Come and hear me tell the story of Ten.8 - a vital slice of contemporary photographic culture and history

Many thanks Tracey Thorne and everyone else who came to my talk last night and to PRISM PHOTOGRAPHY NETWORK for inviting me in the first place.

Nigel Farage: this is your life

I have a confession to make: in my youth I supported Birmingham City. But when they sold #TrevorFrancis I switched allegiance to Aston Villa. Deeply saddened to read that he has died. What a wonderful player he was.

Sinéad O’Connor made one of the all time great reggae albums - Throw Down Your Arms - and for this we will be forever in her debt.

Here's a video of a recent talk I gave about #Ten8 magazine - and its many achievements, including 37 editions of the magazine, Ten.8 Touring, #HoustonFotofest #RencontresArles #BirminghamPhotoFestival youtu.be/4UdEZld6GJQ

So you thought things couldn't get more corrupt and rotten in UK politics - well, check this out. #Sunak thinks the way to solve global warming is to extract more #FossilFuels, meanwhile the family firm is in bed bigtime with BP bit.ly/3QD9EK7 #FFS

Yes! #ReggaeGirls We likkle but we tallawah

Why is BT Internet so bad?

RIP Brian Griffin. This is my favourite LP cover: he once told me that he was sent to photograph Joe Jackson, took one look at him and thought 'I can't make this guy look like a rock star.' The he saw Joe's shoes.

Those connoisseurs of architecture and heritage Birmingham City Council planning committee have voted 7-4 to approve the demolition of the Ringway Centre for the second time. Not content with bankrupting the city, our councillors are now destroying our heritage and infrastructure

So, our Valentine's treat this year was to go and see 'One Love' - and I'm happy to report we really enjoyed it #BobMarley

Should Taki, one of the leaders of the the largest uprising of enslaved Africans in the 18th-century British empire be made a National Hero in Jamaica? Read historian Vincent Brown's fascinating and nuanced analysis theguardian.com/news/2024/mar/…

Slave-owning - the gift that keeps on giving theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…

I can't tell you how ridiculously pleased I am to discover that the Waze App has, amongst the many voices you can select to direct you on your way, a genuine Brummie accent. "Or-rite, stick it in first Babs and off we guw." Bostin'

So we now have a ring-necked parakeet regularly feeding from our garden in Edgbaston, Birmingham.

Always had a soft spot for #ELO because they’re #Brummies but also because I was at Greet Primary School with #RichardTandy - even went to his house on Warwick Road to play with his train set RIP

"I’m not a technical expert" says the person in charge of running a business entirely dependent on sophisticated technology, who earned more than £5m from the Post Office, peaking at £718,300 in 2018 #paulavennells

Election Special 4: The Conservatives.