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On the north side: photos from a morning walk

18 March, 2021

I took my new smartphone for a photo walk on the north side of the river: wharves and waste ground, building works and sculptures.

Categories Images, Photo essay
Ingo the Champ

Ingo the Champ – photo of the week

16 November, 2018

Ingemar “Ingo” Johansson, a son of Gothenburg, a local hero and one time heavyweight boxing champion of the world – my photo of the week.

Categories Images, Photo of the week
Belt-bound fighters - Bältespännare

Bältesspännarna – The Belt-bound Fighters

3 October, 20181 June, 2018

I originally took this photo of The Belt-bound Fighters – Bältesspännarna – (sometimes called The Knife Wrestlers) in 2013. Here’s a little bit more about the sculpture and it’s history gleaned from the net.

Categories Images, Photo of the week
Under a blanket of snow

Under a blanket of snow – photo of the week

16 April, 20193 February, 2017

Under a blanket of snow, a woman and child huddle together at the foot of the Wallenberg monument in the park of Haga Church. My photo of the week this week.

Categories Images, Photo of the week
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The famous Brussels pissing contest

17 July, 201925 May, 2016

A Brussels pissing contest in which Manneken Pis, Jeanneke Pis and Zenneke Pis compete to see who can urinate furthest… and get photographed the most.

Categories Stops and Stories
Home but away: Flying over Gothenburg

Home but away – sculpture and people

18 September, 201927 August, 2015

In which we contemplate being home but away for a summer holiday and dwell on the Trädgårdsförening park and its surroundings in central Göteborg.

Categories Exhibition, Performance, Stops and Stories

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My short story "Quinn and the Boxcar" published in the October 2021 edition of ArtAscent magazine. Available now (click this caption)!
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Childhood, the latest edition of The Poet magazine, includes two of my poems
Far Flung: An anthology of stories, articles and poems - published in November 2020 - includes two of my short stories and a poem.

You may also like to read my blog post about Far Flung and about my writers group.

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