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- Free Party- A Folk History + Q&A at Bonington Theatre 4 May 2026
- A message from NUJ on World Press Freedom Day 2026 3 May 2026
- Today is World Press Freedom Day 3 May 2026
- A Musical Interlude at the MayDay Rally, Speakers Corner, Nottingham 3 May 2026
- Nadia Whittome MP speech disrupted by the RCP at MayDay, Nottingham 3 May 2026
- Chris T, Nottingham NUJ speech on the jeopardy faced by journalists worldwide 3 May 2026
- MayDay Rally at Speakers Corner, Nottingham 3 May 2026
- This World Press Freedom Day, American journalists are under attack 2 May 2026
- Water feature in Sheffield, slow motion 30 April 2026
- Journalists report physical attacks and death threats to safety tracker 28 April 2026
- Some medical MRI photography, of my spine 27 April 2026
- A Sunny Escape: An April Afternoon in Woodthorpe Grange Park 26 April 2026
- Sunny Saturday afternoon, gadding about in Nottingham 25 April 2026
- Starlapse of the Lyrids meteor shower on Wednesday night, failed 24 April 2026
- St. Georges Day 23 April 2026
- Capoeira in Market Square, Nottingham 22 April 2026
- Day out at University of Nottingham Park 21 April 2026
- Vaisakhi Parade in Nottingham. 2026 20 April 2026
- Vaisakhi Gallery 19 April 2026
- Capoeira in Market Square, Nottingham 19 April 2026
An ongoing diary of stuff, allsorts, and things wot happen ……
I am a photographer with a special interest to document the lives of travelling people and those attending Festivals, Stonehenge etc, what the press often describe as ‘New Age Travellers’ and many social concerns.
With my photography, I have tried to say something of the wide variety of people engaged in ‘Alternatives’, and youths’ many sub-cultures and to present a more positive view.
I have photographed many free and commercial events and have, in recent years, extended my work to include dance parties (’rave culture’), gay-rights events, environmental direct actions, and protest against the Criminal Justice Act and more recently, issues surrounding the Global Capitalism.
Further, police surveillance has recently become a very important subject for me!
In recognition of this work, received a ‘Winston’ from Privacy International, at the 1998 ‘Big Brother’ Awards. The citation reads: “Alan Lodge is a photographer who has spent more than a decade raising awareness of front-line police surveillance activities, particularly the endemic practice of photographing demonstrators and activists”.
I am based in Nottingham, UK.
Quotes & Thoughts
“Cowardice asks the question, ‘Is it safe?’ Expediency asks the question, ‘Is it politic?’ Vanity asks the question, ‘Is it popular?’ But, conscience asks the question, ‘Is it right?’
And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but one must take it because one’s conscience tells one that it is right.”
Martin Luther King Jr.“In Italy for 30 years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance.
In Switzerland they had brotherly love – they had 500 years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock!!”
Harry Lime [Orsen Wells] The Third Man 1949“Civilization will not attain to its perfection, until the last stone from the last church, falls on the last priest.”
Emile Zola“….I have an important message to deliver to all the cute people all over the world.
If you’re out there and you’re not cute, maybe you’re beautiful, I just want to tell you somethin’- there’s more of us ugly mother-fuckers than you are, hey-y, so watch out now…”
Frank Zappa
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Battle of the Beanfield Anniversary 31May – 1st June
It’s the 20th anniversary of the trashing of my tribe there ‘lest we forget!’ Stonehenge: http://tash.gn.apc.org/stones1.htm Solstice Ritual: http://tash.gn.apc.org/solst_0.htm Beanfield: http://tash.gn.apc.org/sh_bean.htm The Story so far: http://tash.gn.apc.org/history.htm & My recent Indymedia posting, about the history of the subject http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/04/308800.html This lot … Continue reading
Nottinghamshire Indymedia Developments
Not up yet, but when we are, it’ll be at: Nottinghamshire Indymedia http://nottinghamshire.indymedia.org.uk We have a collective up and running, to make all this happen, and were having regular meetings and all ……. So, if you’d like to be involved … Continue reading
ID card cost soars as new bill published
Matthew Tempest and agencies Wednesday May 25, 2005 http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1491895,00.html The price of an identity card will be higher than previously thought at £93, the Home Office admitted today, as it published a new bill to introduce the controversial scheme. It … Continue reading
Identity Cards Bill
So, here we go round again…… just published by the government today. Much the same as the last time round. http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200506/cmbills/009/2006009.htm This is the PDF of the Bill http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200506/cmbills/009/2006009.pdf Explainatory Notes, Statewatch http://www.statewatch.org/news/2005/may/uk-ID-CARD-Bill-expl.pdf Ho hummmm………..
Clarke makes second ID card bid
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4577087.stm The government’s latest plans for compulsory identity cards are set to be unveiled by Charles Clarke. The home secretary said he accepted genuine worries had been raised about the previous bill, which was dropped ahead of the general election. … Continue reading
Nice cup of tea and a sit down
http://www.nicecupofteaandasitdown.com The net’s ability to link people who share a common interest – but who will never meet – is unparalleled. And that’s true even for fans of… biscuits? The internet and snack foods have a lot in common. Both … Continue reading
Two dead at Dale Farm Gypsy Site, Essex
Two people, John and Kathleen McCarthy died tragically last night in a fire on the threatened with eviction site, Dale Farm. Early this morning a fire swept through the McCarthys chalet killing both John and Kathleen McCarthy and destroying three … Continue reading
Nottingham Against Incineration and Landfill [NAIL] Residence Protest against expansion plans.
On friday afternoon, the residence of Sneinton and surrounding areas of Nottingham, came to protest against an Incinerators expansion plans. The company Waste Recycling Group Ltd [WRG], are preparing a planning application for expansion, and in support of this, had … Continue reading
Law change impractical – Met chief
Rosie Cowan Friday May 20, 2005 The Guardian http://society.guardian.co.uk/drugsandalcohol/story/0,8150,1488170,00.html Cannabis should not be upgraded again, and if it is, fixed penalty fines should be issued for the possession of small amounts, Britain’s top policeman said yesterday. Sir Ian Blair, the … Continue reading
Recording conversation with authority on mobile phones.
Gosh, it’s happened, and on national tv news! For some time now, I’ve been telling people of the advantages of recording police conversations at ‘situations’ on a mobile phone, to your voice bank. In the past, I’ve done recordings with … Continue reading
Mushroom cloud :: A new law puts a harmless fungus on a par with crack and heroin
Mark Honigsbaum Wednesday May 18, 2005 The Guardian http://society.guardian.co.uk/drugsandalcohol/comment/0,8146,1486466,00.html The Aztecs referred to them as “the flesh of the gods”. Lewis Carroll based whole passages of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland on them. And the Glastonbury organisers have found that, unlike … Continue reading
Rate your university’s Duck Density!
Information just in. http://www.DuckDensity.org.uk Universities these days are subject to many tests, ratings and measurements … REAs, TQAs … all of these leave out one vital factor, in fact the one most important measure of the quality of a university. … Continue reading
Nottinghamshire Indymedia IMC Exhibition pages
Nottinghamshire now has its own Indymedia Collective! Various people have been active in the setting up of an Independent Media Centre (IMC) in Nottingham and the wider county. The local IMC will consist of an interactive open publishing website, film … Continue reading
Nottingham Student Peace Movement – Crystal Ball, Marcus Garvey Centre :: The Pictures
“…a summer ball on friday for all the ethical and community groups around Notts. We thought it be a great opportunity to get everyone together and celebrate the campaigning and projects achieved so far and get everyone excited for those … Continue reading
News just in, photography = terrorism, obviously!
This is getting bloody ridiculous! Here is the latest example of policemen, using law in a silly way. Sometime this is done thoughtlessly, sometimes it is done with the agenda of what some of us have taken to call “Media … Continue reading
StopWar Picket of Chetwynd Barracks, Nottingham: The Pictures
Chetwynd Barracks, Chilwell is where most of the Reservists and TA’s being sent to Iraq are mustered. The Blair Government orders these troops to fight an illegal, unjust and murderous war. Many tens of thousands of Iraqis have been killed … Continue reading
Critcal Mass Bike About in Nottingham
Critcal Mass is a regular event. The meeting point is the Savoy cinema on Derby Road in Lenton on the last Friday of every month now at 5.30pm. We even got a police helicopter, to look over us, for our … Continue reading
Attorney General’s full advice on Iraq Resolution 1441 7mar2003
Blimey!! the Freedom of Information Act and allsorts. So many requests, it’s been like drawing teeth. But finally, the government published the Attorney General’s full advice Iraq Resolution 1441 [7mar2003] on the legality of opening the war against Iraq has … Continue reading
Critical Mass, bike about Nottingham
Friday 29th April 2005 starts 17:30 Critcal Mass is a regular event. The meeting point is the Savoy cinema on Derby Road in Lenton on the last Friday of every month now at 5.30pm. The ride lasts no more than … Continue reading
Priceless thinking at the BBC
Sunday April 24, 2005 The Observer http://observer.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,6903,1468695,00.html Photography shapes our world – and our perception of it. Think of the Vietnam war and what comes unbidden into your mind? Here’s my guess: that photograph of the naked little girl running … Continue reading


