England's Pleasant Pastures
Blog URL http://englandspastures.wordpress.com/
Located London, London United Kingdom
Tags England, photography, mid-life, London
Richard Baker is in his 50th summer. Wholly pretentious and sentimental, bland and above his station, this photo-led blog is about Englishness and self with an extra hint of mid-life turmoil and delusion.
Latest Blog Posts
- Calls of Duty on Nov 10, 2009 in England Landscape London Photography army history afghanistan call of duty dead games pacifist remembrance soldiers war
At eleven o’clock last Sunday, Parliament Square fell into that awkward silence again when politicians look down guiltily at the ground and service men and women wearing silverware look up at solemn grey skies.
- Watching the Hood on Oct 16, 2009 in England London Photography buglary crime Lambeth neighbourhood vigilante
I peered through the binoculars and the words 'Neighbourhood Watch' came into focus. I was watching our neighbourhood .. a spy with a room with a front view and it smelled like .. victory. Oh, yes!
- 50th Summer on Sep 27, 2009 in Philosophy Photography Thoughts nostalgia 50 50th age birthday years
Alive and alert though absent-minded, I have triumphantly reached my 50th Summer. That’s - what, about 18,250 days of thriving health and Neolithic survival though there have been weekends when I have curled up, whimpering with man-flu as if the pl...
- A Man Called Dan on Sep 24, 2009 in Books England London Philosophy Photographer Photography aviation airports Alain de Botton BAA Heathrow Profile Books Terminal5 writer-in-residence
“I think we’d better move on,” AOSU suggested without the slightest hint of urgency. I glanced over his shoulder to see a bright diamond light growing brighter as 6 tons of Homo sapiens-created aluminium were bearing down on us – due to hit t...
- A Man Called Dan on Sep 4, 2009 in Books England London Philosophy Photographer Photography aviation airports Alain de Botton BAA Heathrow Profile Books Terminal5 writer-in-residence
“I think we’d better move on,” he suggested without the slightest hint of urgency. I glanced over his shoulder to see a bright diamond light growing brighter as 6 tons of Homo sapiens-created aluminium were bearing down on us – due to hit thi...
- A Man Called Dan on Sep 4, 2009 in Books England London Philosophy Photographer Photography aviation Heathrow airports BAA Alain de Botton Terminal5 Profile Books writer-in-residence
“I think we’d better move on,” he suggested without the slightest hint of urgency. I glanced over his shoulder to see a bright diamond light growing brighter as 6 tons of Homo sapiens-created aluminium were bearing down on us – due to hit thi...
- Johnnie and Joseph of Myatts Fields on Jun 20, 2009 in England London Photography history dance Myatts Fields parks
For a brief moment in this place’s heritage, the paths and legacies of men called Joseph and Johnnie crossed, as a man danced.
