• A monochrome photograph f the castle in Würzburg, Germany. The turreted building is high on a hill, beneath which are rows of houses and a stone bridge across a turbulent river. Copyright Urban Camera.
    Commentary,  Life

    The Heavy Weight of Inspiration

    5 January 2026 /

    "Where" every artist, writer, creator is asked, "do you find your inspiration? What is it in your surroundings, in your home, your friends, your contacts, the world in general, that moves you to create whatever it is that you create? What is it", they seem to be saying, "that you can see, that inspires you to greatness, which I cannot see?"

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  • Monochrome image of two men sitting on a stone bank under the arches of the Bremen Town Hall. One has his arms folded across a generous stomach, the other is squinting into the sunshine, an open book in his hands. Taken June 2024, Copyright Urban Camera.
    Opinion

    In Whom Do You Place Your Trust?

    2 January 2026 /

    In the days of my youth - and much of my time now, as an old person, is spent remembering youthful years - people who wanted to have their books published either had to go through the rigours of a publishing house, with or without an agent on their side, or pay a vanity press to publish the work for them. Vanity presses advertised in what

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