Underneath The Stars' second weekend festival in Cannon Hall Farm, Cawthorne, South Yorkshire, proved to be just as succesful as its...

A few days driving along England's south coast uncovered some astonishingly varied sights. In Brighton, we gawped at the Pavilion,...

So, New York. Believe the tourist guidebooks. It is a vibrant and hectic place. Nothing does sleep. After a week in a hotel for the...

My youngest daughter, Rose, married Matthew, her boyfriend of ten years, in Central Park on May 15th May 2015. A fairytale wedding indeed.

While visiting the Big Smoke for a friend's wedding I spent a day around street photographers' most popular haunts: Brick Lane,...

The annual BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards this year visited the Wales Millenium Centre in Cardiff. And a star-studded evening it turned out to...

Forget the sterotypical image of a geographer with elbow patches, maps and anorak. I spent three days in Manchester with delegates at the...

After a successful trip to Costa del Folk in sunny Spain's Benalmadena last year, I was delighted to get an email asking for my...

Deciding to go in search of the northern lights in December in Iceland was a good idea. What we didn't remember was that there's only...

It was advertised as the 20th anniversary of Whitby Goth Weekend, But there was scant evidence of any goths. There were, however, plenty...

A great way to sample a whole variety of world music from world class musicians is to be offered an AAA press pass. It means you can't...

Tibetan monks from Tashi Lhunpo Monastery have toured the United Kingdom and Europe giving performances to packed houses and enthusiastic...

I'm a regular visitor to the North Yorks Moors Railway event which recreates the wartime years at points along its track from Whitby to...

Tidal Gatherings is an open meeting of stone balancers and beach artists who work together between high tides to transform an area of...

Penistone Show – the largest single day agricultural show in Britain. I try and get there every year to photograph the animal judging,...

Ask anyone what colour they think of when hearing folk music and the answer may well be sepia, or at least dull browns and greens. Not so...

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Cannon Hall Park in the the beautiful rolling scenery of Cawthorne was the location for the very first music festival run entirely by the...

Chris While and Julie Matthews are in the studio putting the finishing touches to their 2014 album, 'Who We Are' and needed a fast...

In response to a request to photograph Jackie Oates, a professional folk singer of some repute, I agreed to undertake a studio session...

Party on the Lawn is the annual one-day music festival at Prebendal Farm, Bishopstone, near Swindon. It is run by professional musicians...

On a trip to Wiltshire to visit a music festival we found ourselves at a loose end on the evening of 20 June. Being only 20 miles away...

The Whitby Goth Weekend comes around with alarming frequency, and the costumes get even more fanciful. This April saw punks, space...

In December 2000, we holidayed in Havana and 14 years later we retraced our steps to see what had changed. Raúl Castro, now in charge,...