A surreal weekender

Spotlight on readers’ excellent images and how they captured them

From Lensbaby optics to binoculars and sandals, 27 photographers talk to CUPOTY co-founder Tracy Calder about their go-to gear for prize-winning close-up pictures

Inspired by the tones and textures of the Brecon Beacons, designer Dee Hardwicke shares her philosophical approach to knitting with a global community of crafters and blue-chip clients

When David Joseph began exploring the world of close-up photography, he was using a mobile phone and cheap clip-on lens. Here he talks to Tracy Calder about how his life has changed thanks to snakes, spiders, frogs and a wonderful act of kindness

Here are the top ten images uploaded to Photocrowd from Round Three, Close-ups and Details, with comments by the AP team and our guest judge

In March 2019, gardener Jo Downes dropped in to Corsley House in Wiltshire to see a friend, and by the time she left she had a job. Glen Senk and Keith Johnson, Anglophile Americans who had bought the