Photos of Lleyn in the 1970s
During the 1970s I spent a lot of my free time on the Lleyn Penisinsula in North Wales. here are some pictures I took.
Author: Jan Karpinski
From Somerset in England, from where it all began...........................................
Abersoch – Photos from the 1960s
In 1967 I bought a Russian 35mm camera (the German and Japanese ones being outside my price range). Here are some of the pictures I took with it, in and around the resort of Abersoch, in North Wales.
Pictures of Bardsey
In May 1978 I spent a week in the bird observatory on the Island of Bardsey. (I was a member of what was then the North Wales Naturalist’s Trust – now the North Wales Wildlife Trust.) Here are some of the photos I took that are not too out of focus, badly exposed, scratched or […]
Talkin’ ’bout my Generation
For years, I never went to Glasto. Then one year my children decided I was old enough and now I go on Sundays. I love it. Where else can 50,000 people in a muddy field sing happy birthday to the Dalai Lama, as we did last year? There is of course a generation thing. In […]
Mr Assange’s Doubtful Victory
Julian Assange appeared on the balcony of the Ecuadorian embassy on 5th February 2016 to proclaim ‘a victory that cannot be denied’. If so, was the Opinion of the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention about his case a victory for Wikileaks (of which Mr Assange is the co-founder and prime mover) and its noble […]
Of Wars and Peaces
Did you enjoy the latest BBC adaptation of War and Peace? I have been thinking about War and Peace a lot – so much, that I have had a dream about it. I dreamed I was in the pub down the road. It was crowded and I was trying to get a drink. Standing next […]
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