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10 Sep 2026

TWILIGHT PHOTOWALK STRANGE QUARTER

Join me on November 21st, at dusk, for a magical walk around an area of the city due to undergo huge change… This Not Quite Light photowalk will be in Manchester, where the city borders Salford, around an area due to be regenerated in the near future, transforming it from an old, industrial district into a neighbourhood for living. It’s a truly fascinating place, ripe with ghosts of the past and slightly chequered recent history. Each step will bring something interesting to observe, […]

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11 Sep 2025

NOT QUITE LIGHT REFORM RADIO SEPTEMBER 2025

This month, more wanderings down memory lane on Not Quite Light, exploring the city when it looked very different to now. A delicious mixture of readings, soundscapes and music to enjoy. Close your eyes and return to the past, and dream of the future. You even get to meet Zorro, playing his mouthorgan for £3… Music featured includes tracks by Liz Hanks, Monosleep and Arvo Pärt ( who is 90! ) LISTEN PLAYLIST

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26 Dec 2024

NOT QUITE LIGHT REFORM RADIO DECEMBER 2024

Join Not Quite Light for an eclectic mix of field recordings and delicious music… This month we wander back through recordings from 2024, including a strange trip to Egypt in the Spring. Music features tracks by Morton Feldman, Fairuz, Julie Cooper and Vig Mihaly. LISTEN HERE PLAYLIST

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29 Nov 2024

NOT QUITE LIGHT REFORM RADIO NOVEMBER 2024

Join Not Quite Light for an eclectic mix of field recordings and delicious music… On this show we wander back through the past two months, with recordings from Poland, Manchester and Salford. Music features tracks by Thelonious Monk, The Saxophones, Yamaneko and Henryck Górecki. LISTEN HERE PLAYLIST

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28 Jun 2024

SUMMER SOLSTICE SALFORD

I sometimes feel compelled to take certain paths, aware I’m being pushed by energies beyond my understanding. This year I knew I was going to spend the night of the summer solstice out in The Meadows, just off the Crescent in Salford. This land is perhaps where the first settlers came to rest, at the curve of the River Irwell, where it doubles back on itself. It has remained a slightly wild place, now left to grow so that if […]

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13 Jun 2024

NOT QUITE LIGHT REFORM RADIO JUNE 2024

Join Not Quite Light for an eclectic mix of delicious music and field recordings. This month the show features field recordings from the city and countryside, and NQL decides he’s not sure where he’s going… Music includes tracks by OneDa, Masayoshi Fujita and Neil Diamond. LISTEN HERE PLAYLIST

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29 Jan 2024

NQL ON REFORM RADIO JANUARY 2024

Join Not Quite Light for an eclectic mix of delicious music and field recordings… This month I make a final visit to the house of my late nana, just before it’s finally sold, after being in the family since 1958. I record the sounds of the house, and my feelings as I say goodbye to somewhere that has been part of my whole life. Music features tracks by Pefkin, Loula Yorke, Anja Garbarek and Harry Seacombe… LISTEN HERE PLAYLIST

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11 Jan 2024

NQL ON REFORM RADIO DECEMBER 2023

Join Not Quite Light for an eclectic mix of delicious music and field recordings… This month I take a look back on 2023, the year just gone. Originally broadcast live just after Christmas, this show features music and soundscapes featured during the past twleve months. It was quite moving, and also inspirational, to hear the sounds I recorded last year, providing a provocative reminder of the life I experienced. Sounds from Manchester, Salford, Hull, Paris, Portugal and Poland. Music featured […]

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04 Dec 2023
An image of the Ashton Canal in Manchester at dusk. There is an old bridge, and from under it a cyclist has emerged, leaving a trail of white light.

NEW WORK AT SAUL HAY GALLERY IN CASTLEFIELD

I recently took photographs which have slightly evolved Not Quite Light in the city. I’ve begun to seek out spaces which are ostensibly public, and which yet are unsettling in the twilight. Often they are areas used for leisure, or green spaces, but that were once industrial areas, now reclaimed for other uses. The initial three photographs from this collection are now exclusively available as limited edition prints via the Saul Hay Gallery in Castlefield. They can be bought in […]

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04 Dec 2023
A photograph of the remains of the Ancoats Roundhouse, taken at night. A circle of bricks surrounds a small copse of beech trees. The trees are softly lit with artifical light.

ANCOATS ROUNDHOUSE 9.49PM

THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS AVAILABLE AS A LIMITED EDITION PRINT, AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY VIA SAUL HAY GALLERY Fear comes with me when I work in the twilight. As I stand by my tripod, as I take my photographs, waiting for minutes to pass, I’m as much engaged with risk, as I am with the scene before me, constantly casting around for signs of danger, animalistic instincts awoken by my isolation in darkened surroundings. In the stillness of the half-light, everything is exaggerated. […]

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