About the author
Geek and nerd Joe D has in the past studied genetics, molecular and cell biology, worked in cancer research, and made contemptuous amounts of money from incompetently composed photographs. The views expressed on this weblog are not his own; rather, he stole them from you through mind invasion.
Tag Archives: uk
Cotch: Arno’s Vale Cemetery
Over at cotch dot net, I’ve thrown together a quick photo essay on the Victorian park cemetery at Arno’s Vale in Bristol, which until recently was rather derelict and overgrown. You can read the while post at Arno’s Vale Cemetery.
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Tagged arnos vale, bristol, cemeteries, good locations, gothic, locations, photo essays, photography, uk, urban, urban decay, westcountry
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Cotch: Victory Flashmob
With Section 44 stop-and-search found to be in contravention of the declaration of human rights this week, the people of Photographer Not A Terrorist organised a victory flashmob at New Scotland Yard. For pictures, and to find out what it … Continue reading
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Tagged bad policies, london, new scotland yard, photographer not a terrorist, photography, politics, protest, sigma1020, stop-and-search, uk, westminster
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Cotch: Grant Museum to close
Matt Brown reports that the awesome Grant Museum of Zoology is to close on July 1st. The Grant Museum is a hidden gem. It’s tiny, and shoved away somewhere deep within the labyrinths of UCL, between Totenham Court Road and … Continue reading
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Tagged good locations, grant museum of zoology, locations, london, museums, photography, uk, zoology
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Cotch: Moel-y-gest
This past week, I’ve used a week off to prepare enough blog posts to keep me going through the weeks when I don’t have time to write, and also to prepare for getting a serious hardcore science blog going again. … Continue reading
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Tagged good locations, locations, moel-y-gest, mountains, photography, portmadog, snowdonia, uk, wales
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Cotch: Happy birthday, Millennium Bridge
Today is the tenth birthday of London’s Millennium Bridge, a much loved modern Thames crossing, and a symbol of London’s improving centre and riverside environments. Find out more about the structure in this celebratory photo essay at cotch dot net.
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Tagged good locations, locations, london, millennium bridge, photography, structures, uk
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Cotch: Landslide victory
This time not about elections but about geology: the great shifting slopes of Mam Tor in the Derbyshire Peak District; a desolate scene of man’s abandoned attempt to tame the difficult landscape. Read it at cotch dot net.
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Tagged abandoned places and things, bleak locations, derbyshire, geoloy, good locations, locations, peak district, photo essays, photography, rural, rural decay, uk
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Cotch: Neighbourhood
A pair of weekend mini-photo essays on spring walks around the skyscrapers and scruffy pubs of south and east London. Part 1, here, part 2, here.
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Tagged docklands, east london, good locations, locations, london, photo essays, photography, uk, urban, urban decay
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Cotch: Battersea, in all its desolation
Prompted by a PR puff piece about a publicity stunt petition by parochial nimbys, I compiled a photo-essay on the desolate ruins of Battersea Power Station. Read it here.
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Tagged architecture, art deco, battersea power station, locations, london, nimbyism, photo essays, photography, pr, uk, urban, urban decay
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