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06 Sep 2025

NQL CREATIVE WEEKEND OCTOBER 2025

WELCOME TO THE SECOND NQL CREATIVE WEEKEND EVENT! FRI 24th / SUN 26TH OCTOBER 2025 THE WEEKEND THE CLOCKS GO BACK… NQL HQ ISLINGTON MILL JAMES STREET, SALFORD M3 5HW FRIDAY 24th OCTOBER PERFORMANCE 7PM-9PM Artist Not Quite Light will read text from his latest work, detailing his dawn visits to the city streets, accompanied by visuals and sound. We will then be joined by a special guest for an ‘In Conversation’ session. There will be live musical interludes too… […]

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CREATIVE WEEKENDS
06 Sep 2025

NQL CREATIVE WEEKEND SEPTEMBER 2025

WELCOME TO THE FIRST NQL CREATIVE WEEKEND EVENT! SAT 27th / SUN 28TH SEPTEMBER 2025 NQL HQ ISLINGTON MILL JAMES STREET, SALFORD M3 5HW TICKETS BELOW SATURDAY 27TH SEPTEMBER DAWN PHOTOWALK – 5.30AM – 7AM (First Light 5.48AM ) Join Not Quite Light for a dawn photowalk around The Meadow at The Crescent in Salford, close to the Irwell and the weir. This magnificent space is a natural sanctuary, surrounded by trees full of birds. Often, especially at this time […]

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CREATIVE WEEKENDS
03 Sep 2025

PAINTING WITH LIGHT NOVEMBER 24TH

PAINTING WITH LIGHT MONDAY 24th November 7PM-10.30PM Put simply, painting with light is fun! It’s a simple way of bringing extra drama and colour to night photography, by using portable, articificial light to create beautiful and amazing atmosphere in a picture. I’ve often used it in my Not Quite Light work, particularly when working in woodland and forests. In this workshop I will explain the technique behind painting with light, and then we’ll head out to make some photographs! At the […]

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NIGHTSCHOOL
03 Sep 2025

PAINTING WITH LIGHT OCTOBER 6TH

PAINTING WITH LIGHT MONDAY 6TH OCTOBER 7PM-10.30PM Put simply, painting with light is fun! It’s a simple way of bringing extra drama and colour to night photography, by using portable, articificial light to create beautiful and amazing atmosphere in a picture. I’ve often used it in my Not Quite Light work, particularly when working in woodland and forests.  In this workshop I will explain the technique behind painting with light, and then we’ll head out to make some photographs! At the […]

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NIGHTSCHOOL
21 Aug 2025

TWILIGHT PHOTOWALK ANGEL MEADOW AND IRK VALLEY

TWILIGHT PHOTOWALK ANGEL MEADOW & IRK VALLEY 5.45pm – 7.30pm SUNSET 5.50PM Join me at dusk for a magical walk, on the weekend when the clocks go back, taking us into the long, dark nights of winter.  Angel Meadow holds a special place in the mythology of Manchester, as the city evolved from a small, buccolic town to place of industrial power, bringing with it power, wealth, poverty and misery. I often say that the area around Angel Meadow is a […]

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PHOTOWALKS
18 Aug 2025

TWILIGHT PHOTOWALK THE MEADOW AND PEEL PARK SALFORD

TWILIGHT PHOTOWALK THE MEADOW & PEEL PARK, SALFORD THURSDAY SEPT 25TH 6.45pm ( sunset is at 6.59pm ) Join me for what will be a magical twilight photowalk around the Meadow and Peel Park, as the sun sets across this beautiful green space in the city.  Although in the heart of the city, it’s possible to feel apart from it here, surrounded by nature. The Irwell weir can be heard, and birds fill the nearby trees with their eveming songs. […]

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PHOTOWALKS
14 Jul 2025

ARDWICK MANCHESTER 2.43AM

ARDWICK, MANCHESTER 2.43AM Watch the short film, featuring the stills and my text read out loud, along with the field recordings. A fox was the first thing I noticed, skilfully moving through the streets, foraging for some unseen reward. I wondered where it lived, where it came from, and how it survived in the city. As soon as it sensed me, it sped away through the railings of a gate, and disappeared into the twilight. I looked to the east. […]

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FROM OLD MILL TO THE END OF EMPIRE
10 Jul 2025

NOT QUITE LIGHT REFORM RADIO JULY 2025

This month I take you out at dawn, but via Memory Lane, to the early days of Not Quite Light, when Manchester looked very different. Listen to my readings, field recordings and a selection of delicious music, featuring tracks by Laurie Spiegel, Shida Shahabi and Daniel Lanois. LISTEN HERE PLAYLIST

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PODCASTS / Uncategorized
15 Jun 2025

NOT QUITE LIGHT REFORM RADIO JUNE 2025

This month I take you out at dawn, to listen to the sounds of the city and my encounters. With delicious music that features tracks by Nine Horses, Kenji Kihara and Clariloops. LISTEN HERE PLAYLIST

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PODCASTS
03 Jun 2025

HOLT TOWN MANCHESTER 3.10AM

HOLT TOWN, MANCHESTER 3.10AM Watch the short film, containing my reading of the text, sounds from the dawn and extra photographs. I was woken not by my alarm, but by the sound of wind screaming through gaps in my door. And then, on leaving for Holt Town, I nearly forgot my keys, which would have meant I’d have been locked out on my return after sunrise. This caused me to feel unsettled, a sense further enhanced when, after parking on […]

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FROM OLD MILL TO THE END OF EMPIRE

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