Having had a couple of Emperor Scorpions as pets (“Grabbit” & “Scarper”), I was familiar that they glow eerily under ultraviolet (UV) light

Many of you may be experiencing social isolation and the kind of stir crazy boredom that comes from staying home without choice for more ...

Last month was four weekends of Open Studios - and what fun it was! Visitors included a number of professionals - an archaeologist, an an...

I've spent a lot of time in the Zoology museum this month, both front of house (helping people find things in the museum, including the o...

Quick post as I'm up to my eyeballs editing skeleton photos. The local friendly archaeologist has been giving me great access to be able ...

Also at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology this month (only till 23 September) are some original photos of the tomb of Tutankhame...

So this week, month, and some of this year, and years before, I have been contemplating art. In a classic photographic text, I came acros...

Tiny, self-indulgent post. Today I heard the result of the Photography Degree assessment. The degree I started as "something to do" whils...

Looking for the perfect Christmas present for that friend who still wishes it was Halloween? Buy my book! I know I've mentioned this bef...

After a prompt from a very good friend, I have been persuaded to put a book of my images together and offer it for sale. This way any of ...

Sorry I've been so quiet recently. I had a long rest after Dying for Life, then a push to write up the final bits for my photography degr...

Visiting one of only two charnel chapels (or ossuaries) left in the country left a bitter taste in my mouth. Though it was possibly more...

Anatomy illustrations have often switched between the fiction of placing skeletons in lifelike poses and shocking honesty of showing not ...

Today, not many words are needed, as I just wanted to share my first attempts to bring out the beauty of the variety of skull shapes. It'...

Modern Day Mourning What is mourning? Is it sadness, loss of appetite, inability to cope or the process of shutting your emotions off? In...