Spot the difference

This issue’s 10 Pictures comes from railfreight follower and photographer Paul Shannon. Having spent his early childhood in Gloucestershire, Paul lived on the outskirts of Manchester from 1963 until 1

Spotlight on readers’ excellent images and how they captured them

Round Two People & Portraits

On a recent visit to Madeira, I noticed that I share my 65th birth year with their beautiful Royal Botanical Gardens. Dennis Stuart, Aberdeen Rather bravely, my husband retired early, later becoming a

Christine Atkins asks: Please can you help with these family photographs? The posed lady in the studio photos might be my great-grandmother Emily Weston (née Brayban), b. 1864. She could also be the s

From How Old Am I? (2023) by Maria Falconer