My copy of the festival brochure, the bark mask I wore, and the lucky leaf I managed to get after the Jack had been slain
: “This May Day bank holiday was my first attendance as a local at the Hastings’ Jack in the Green festival - although I had previously travelled from Hove in 2023 to see it and posted some notes and…”
Previously unpublished shot of The Duellist, part of the Acid Renaissance series, by the author.
: “The Duellist — of which I’ve published two versions: The Duellist (1) and The Duellist (2) — has been hanging around the inside of my head for a few months now, maybe longer. …”
No assembly instructions supplied, alas
: “I’m currently planning an Acid Renaissance photographic piece — working title: Saints & Martyrs — which is heavily inspired by the “catacomb saints” so wonderfully recorded by Paul…”
The Hastings Jack in the Green procession 2023 - photograph by author
: “For the first time since I moved down to the south coast I managed to get myself over to Hastings to watch the Jack in the Green festival, coinciding with the fortieth anniversary of it being revived…”
The opening banner of the exhibition
: “Making Mischief is a rather wonderful exhibition at Compton Verney Art Gallery in Warwickshire, and is on until 11th June 2023. …”
Read the rest of “Making Mischief: Folk Costume in Britain”…