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Update on the eye test/spectacles drama with Boots Opticians. But good service from Glasses Direct

Admin | Tuesday 24 April 2007

This is an update on this entry. Very pleased with the spectacles from Glasses Direct. I ordered a semi-rimless pair for distance (£25) and a pair for reading (£15). I placed my order by telephone on Wednesday 28 March and they arrived just over seven days later on the Thursday. I’m going to order a … Update on the eye test/spectacles drama with Boots Opticians. But good service from Glasses Direct

Posterior Vitreous Detachment — update

Admin | Tuesday 10 April 2007

A surprising number of people have found my blog when searching for ‘posterior vitreous detachment’, after I wrote about what had happened to me. So I thought I would do an update. I’ll tell you up front that it is relatively good news.

Guardian, Lonely Planet, Hewlett Packard ‘photographic opportunity’

Admin | Friday 6 April 2007

Fifteen years ago, when I earned part of my living as a freelance photographer, the going rate for a cover shot on one of the small magazines that I worked for was £200. The magazine sold 12,000 copies each month and that payment gave the publisher the right to publish the image one time only.

Manchester and slavery

Admin | Tuesday 27 March 2007

Manchester’s wealth was founded on the cotton industry and dependent on slave-grown cotton. But the city was also at the centre of the anti-slavery movement.

Video-making on a budget

Admin | Tuesday 27 March 2007

Film-making can be an expensive hobby. Especially if you start to buy professional lights, backgrounds and other accessories.

Posterior Vitreous Detachment

Admin | Sunday 18 March 2007

A week ago yesterday I awoke to find I had a large black ‘floater’ in my right eye. It was like a daddy-long-legs at a window. As I moved my eye, it leapt around — sometimes in the opposite direction. It was disturbing… But I wear contact lenses and I thought maybe I had a … Posterior Vitreous Detachment

Iraq war has cost every person in Britain £88

Admin | Tuesday 13 March 2007

The illegal invasion and war in Iraq has cost every person in Britain (all sixty million of us) £88 each. ‘The figures were released as MPs protested about the plight of Britain’s NHS hospitals’: The Independent.

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