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Recent Posts
- Broken Britain AI Animation 15 June 2026
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- Los Viejos y Olvidados (The Old and Forgotten), an exhibition by Juan Aguirre 13 June 2026
- At Speakers Corner this afternoon in Nottingham, I met some Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters 12 June 2026
- Belfast City 11 June 2026
- Belfast – Shankill & Falls Road 11 June 2026
- Signal Statement : Surveillance Is Not Safety: A statement on the UK’s latest threat to privacy 9 June 2026
- Context clues not included : Shorts 8 June 2026
- Beanfield Gallery 8 June 2026
- Tug-O-Truck, Aktivator ’88 6 June 2026
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- A chat with Matthew Collin at Movers, Nottingham 4 June 2026
- Alan Lodge as a Landscape Photographer 1 June 2026
- Some thoughts on a coming exhibition of work. A Retrospective 1 June 2026
- Stonehenge and the `Battle of the Beanfield’ an account 1 June 2026
- Battle of the Beanfield, an updated set. 41 years ago today, 1st June 1985 1 June 2026
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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
Tag Archives: police
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Stonehenge and the `Battle of the Beanfield’ an account
Something had to be done! Stonehenge appeared central to the situation. Police “Operation Solstice” was initiated. At a meeting of the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO), in early 1985, it was resolved to obtain a High Court Injunction preventing … Continue reading
Battle of the Beanfield, an updated set. 41 years ago today, 1st June 1985
Battle of the Beanfield, an updated set. 41 years ago today, 1st June 1985 https://adobe.ly/439fOGv
Asked AI what free parties are happening this Bank Holiday
When it comes to actual free parties and illegal squats/raves (as opposed to licensed commercial festivals), the nature of the scene means that specific locations and lineups are kept strictly secret until the very last minute. Organizers typically use locked … Continue reading
Free Party- A Folk History + Q&A at Bonington Theatre, Gedling, Nottingham
Tonight :: Friday 8th May, I am contributing to the Questions and Answers about the film and scene, after the showing …. please come if you can. Bonington theatreArnold Leisure CentreHigh Street ArnoldNottingham NG5 7EE 7.00pm on Friday 8th May … Continue reading
This World Press Freedom Day, American journalists are under attack
May 1, 2026 / Caitlin Vogus For years, World Press Freedom Day on May 3 has helped spotlight global press freedom violations. It’s a day to demand justice for journalists murdered in Gaza and Lebanon, or to celebrate the release of wrongfully detained reporters … Continue reading
Charles Veitch on YouTube : Confrontationist
I asked Gemini AI: “What is the best way to deal with CharlesVeitch on YouTube?” Charles Veitch is a controversial British YouTuber who creates content by walking through city centres, filming the public, and frequently engaging in confrontations with passersby, … Continue reading
The Crime and Policing Bill progress
There so much happening every day that stories which would once have made national news and debate aren’t even mentioned. After successive authoritarian public order legislation was passed by the Tories, Labour MPs just voted to pass yet more repressive … Continue reading
Proposed new police powers ‘a draconian threat to the right to protest’
The government’s Crime and Policing Bill returns to the commons for its final stages on Tuesday 14 April. MPs will consider lords amendments, including a proposal that will grant the police sweeping new powers to restrict or effectively ban protests (Lords Amendment … Continue reading
Truth for victims and families as Orgreave Inquiry launches
Miners and campaigners will finally get the answers they deserve as the government launches an inquiry into the violent events at Orgreave in 1984.From:Home Office and Sarah Jones MPPublished26 March 2026 From today (26 March), the inquiry will begin investigating the violence … Continue reading
Zine :: Castlemorton Common. May 1992
[A5 40 page ] The annual Avon Free Festival which had been occurring in the area around the May bank holiday for several years, albeit in different locations. [Inglestone, Sodbury Commons etc]. However, 1992 was the year Avon and Somerset … Continue reading
Iranian Protest, for and against the military situation, Market Square, Nottingham
Golly gosh! A very confusing and dynamic event in the Market Square in Nottingham this afternoon.‘Our Party’, unions and left called a protest to oppose the American and Israeli military adventures against Iran. Some Iranians agreed that they did not … Continue reading
Today at the SpyCop enquiry, on photographers
BLOODY HELL, photographers, did they mean me???? Report by #spycop Carlo ‘Neri’/Soracchi: “No Platform will try to avoid police, but accept that confrontation with them is almost inevitable. Members will speak to officers when being followed, complying with basic requests, … Continue reading
Police AI chief admits crime-fighting tech will have bias but vows to tackle it
Exclusive: NCA’s Alex Murray says he hopes new £115m police AI centre can limit unfairness found in tools Vikram Dodd Police and crime correspondent Tue 24 Feb 2026 07.00 GMTShare A police chief has admitted artificial intelligence used to boost crime … Continue reading
I asked Gemini AI, to produced an ‘Artist Statement’ for me.
For an artist statement for Alan Lodge (often known as “Tash”), the tone needs to be a blend of documentary grit, social activism, and a deep-seated respect for alternative lifestyles. His work isn’t just about taking pictures; it’s about bearing … Continue reading
Interview with Stewart Lee for BBC Radio 4 : Artworks What Happened to Counter-Culture?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002hkx3 ep. 4. Culture Clash My contribution / interview on Beanfield etc at 25:00 mins More than just a cultural trend – counter-culture became a social movement so powerful it shaped institutions, businesses, politics and the attitudes and aspirations of … Continue reading
