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NQL ON REFORM RADIO MAY 2023

Come and join me, be still, and simply listen to some delicious music and...

NQL ON REFORM RADIO APRIL 2023

Come and join me, be still, and simply listen to some delicious music and...

NQL ON REFORM RADIO FEB 2023

Come and join me, be still, and simply listen to some great music and...

NQL ON REFORM RADIO JANUARY 2023

Come and join me, to simply listen to some great music, and the sounds...

NQL ON REFORM RADIO NOV 29th 22

Come and join me, to simply listen to some great music, and the sounds...
Not Quite Light dawn in Salford and Manchester. Reform Radio manchester

REFORM RADIO ON NQL NOV 2022

Come and join me, to simply listen to some great music, and the sounds...
Not Quite Light dawn in Salford and Manchester. Reform Radio manchester

REFORM RADIO ON NQL OCT 2022

Come and join me, to simply listen to some great music, and the sounds...
Not Quite Light dawn in Salford and Manchester. Reform Radio manchester

REFORM RADIO ON NQL AUGUST 2022

This month I visit Withernsea, and Cold Fish Soup by Adam Farrer… The show...
Not Quite Light dawn in Salford and Manchester. Reform Radio manchester

REFORM RADIO ON NQL JULY 2022

This month, I listen to birds… The show uses my recordings of birds and...
Not Quite Light dawn in Salford and Manchester. Reform Radio manchester

NQL ON REFORM RADIO JUNE 2022

This month Simon travels to Poland, with his partner Agnieszka, and gathers sounds and...
Not Quite Light dawn in Salford and Manchester. Reform Radio manchester

NQL ON REFORM RADIO MAY 2022

On this month’s show I talk to Joan, 100 years old, and a lifelong...
Not Quite Light dawn in Salford and Manchester. Reform Radio manchester

NQL ON REFORM RADIO APRIL 2022

On this month’s show, I’m on my holidays, so simply lie back and play...
Not Quite Light dawn in Salford and Manchester. Reform Radio manchester

NQL ON REFORM RADIO MARCH 2022

This month I visit The Meadow in Salford, and watch and listen as the...
Not Quite Light dawn in Salford and Manchester. Reform Radio manchester

NQL ON REFORM RADIO FEB 2022

This month I walk from Salford to Ancoats, along and underneath the Mancunian Way,...
Not Quite Light dawn in Salford and Manchester. Reform Radio manchester

NQL ON REFORM RADIO JAN 2022

This month I walk the city of Manchester from dawn until dusk, setting out...
Not Quite Light dawn in Salford and Manchester. Reform Radio manchester

NQL ON REFORM RADIO DEC 2021

This month, as it’s nearly Christmas, I decide not to get up, so put...
Not Quite Light dawn in Salford and Manchester. Reform Radio manchester

NQL ON REFORM RADIO NOVEMBER 2021

This month I take a dawn walk to Piccadilly Station… A slightly new format...
Not Quite Light dawn in Salford and Manchester. Reform Radio manchester

NQL ON REFORM RADIO OCTOBER 2021

In this month’s show I reveal stories of ancestors, loss and identity… In late...
Not Quite Light dawn in Salford and Manchester. Reform Radio manchester

NQL ON REFORM RADIO – SEPT 2021

In this month’s show, I’m inspired by memories of listening to my grandad’s radiogram…...
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NQL ON REFORM RADIO – AUGUST 2021

In this show I walk the city, exploring both the streets that surround me...
dawn in the city of manchester, the image is to be used for the reform radio programme not quite light

NQL ON REFORM RADIO – JUNE 2021

In this show I talk of my year visiting Macclesfield Forest at dawn, each...
Not Quite Light dawn in Salford and Manchester. Reform Radio manchester

NQL ON REFORM RADIO – MAY 2021

In this show I explore the Irk Valley, Manchester. During October & November 2020,...
Not Quite Light dawn in Salford and Manchester. Reform Radio manchester

NQL ON REFORM RADIO – SEPT 2019

In this show I talk at dawn with blind poet David Steele about sight...
Not Quite Light dawn in Salford and Manchester. Reform Radio manchester

NQL ON REFORM RADIO – JUNE 2019

In this episode I talk in the half light with poet and songwriter Mica...
Not Quite Light dawn in Salford and Manchester. Reform Radio manchester

NQL ON REFORM RADIO – MAY 2019

In this episode I talk at sunrise with artist Jane Samuels about the importance...
Not Quite Light dawn in Salford and Manchester. Reform Radio manchester

NQL ON REFORM RADIO -APRIL 2019

NQL now has an hourly, monthly show on Manchester based station Reform Radio In...
Not Quite Light dawn in Salford and Manchester. Reform Radio manchester

NQL ON REFORM RADIO – MARCH 2019

NQL now has a monthly show on Manchester based station Reform Radio. In the...
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NQL ON REFORM RADIO – FEBRUARY 2019

NQL now has an hourly monthly show on Manchester based station Reform Radio. February’s...
dawn in the city of manchester, the image is to be used for the reform radio programme not quite light

NQL ON REFORM RADIO – JANUARY 2019

TO LISTEN CLICK HERE NQL now has an hourly monthly show on Manchester based...
dawn in the city of manchester, the image is to be used for the reform radio programme not quite light

NQL ON REFORM RADIO – DECEMBER

NQL now has an hourly monthly show on Manchester based station Reform Radio. This...
dawn in the city of manchester, the image is to be used for the reform radio programme not quite light

NQL ON REFORM RADIO – NOVEMBER

NQL now has an hourly monthly show on Manchester based station Reform Radio. This...
dawn in the city of manchester, the image is to be used for the reform radio programme not quite light

NQL ON REFORM RADIO – OCTOBER

NQL now has an hourly monthly show on Manchester based station Reform Radio. This...
dawn in the city of manchester, the image is to be used for the reform radio programme not quite light

NQL ON REFORM RADIO – AUGUST

NQL now has an hourly monthly show on Manchester based station Reform Radio. Click...
dawn in the city of manchester, the image is to be used for the reform radio programme not quite light

NQL ON REFORM RADIO – JULY

NQL now has an hourly monthly show on Manchester based station Reform Radio. Click...
milkman city centre manchester

THOSE THAT FEED US

In this episode of the Not Quite Light Podcast I spend dawn with those...
dawn on dartmoor the sun gets covered by sarharan sand turning day into night

NQL PODCAST- DAWN ON DARTMOOR

In this episode of the Not Quite Light podcast I visit Dartmoor in a...
not quite light podcast the hive

NOT QUITE LIGHT PODCAST – THE HIVE

This episode of the Not Quite Light Podcast – The Hive – is inspired...

TEST EVENTS

MANCHESTER ART FAIR EXCLUSICE PRINT

I was recently asked by Thom Hetherington to make an exclusive Not Quite Light...

JIGSAWS

I’ve recently commissioned newly designed 1000 piece jigsaws, using my ‘Rainstorm’ and ‘Skyline’ pictures....

PHOTO WALK & WORKSHOP

On the weekend of 18th – 20th November I’m doing a couple of events...
cold fish soup by adam farrer

COLD FISH SOUP

Since the start of the year I’ve been collaborationg with writer Adam Farrer on...

TIME WILL TELL

I’ve made a short film / slideshow featuring the photographs from the exhibition ‘Time...
MANCHESTER SKYLINE

MANCHESTER SKYLINE

I was recently commissioned by the Manchester based advertising agency Dinosaur to take photographs...

THE IRK VALLEY, MANCHESTER

SHOCK CITY A feature written for the second edition of Shock City, whilst working...

PHOTOGRAPHY DAILY PODCAST

I’ve been interviewed for the Photography Daily podcast, in which I talk about the...

NEW SHOW REFORM RADIO

The September edition of my monthly show for Reform Radio is now online. In...

NEW REFORM RADIO SHOW

I’ve returned to doing shows for Reform Radio, and the first one is now...

DARK DAYS, LUMINOUS NIGHTS – NEW DATES

  3RD-10TH JUNE, THE WHITE HOTEL, SALFORD New dates have been released for ‘Dark...
Macclesfield Forest

12 FULL MOONS

In collaboration with Barnaby Festival, I’ve just completed the first stage of ‘Our Future...
Piccadilly Mnchester Dawn Fairfield Street

NEW PICTURE – 3.13AM

I’ve just published a new photograph on the website. Click here to visit the...

OUR FUTURE IS ANCIENT

Since the last year’s winter solstice in December, I’ve been working on a project...

NEW POST – MANCHESTER PICCADILLY

My second recent visit out at dawn took me to the area around Manchester...
Angel Meadow Manchester

NEW POST – ANGEL MEADOW

A new post has been added to the first Not Quite Light project –...

FESTIVAL COMMISSION

OUR FUTURE IS ANCIENT Following on from the success of ‘On The way There,...

NOT QUITE LIGHT NOMINATED FOR AWARD

The Not Quite Light Festival 2019 has been nominated for the City Life Award...
macclesfield lit festival in november

MACCLESFIELD LIT FESTIVAL

Over the weekend of Nov 22nd to 24th the Macclesfield Lit festival is being...

NEW GALLERIES ADDED

I’ve added to the Galleries page, and also updated several of the existing selection...

WE PLAY IN TIME

I’ve added the project ‘We Play in Time’ to the Project section. The work,...
Photographs from New England in America taken at dawn and dusk

EXHIBITION AT THE CREAMERIES

PICTURES IN NEED OF A SOUNDTRACK The work that I recently did around Gloucester...
dawn in the city of manchester, the image is to be used for the reform radio programme not quite light

NQL REFORM RADIO SHOW – MANCHESTER BY THE SEA

The latest NQL radio on reform Radio is now online. It was inspired by...
photograph of edward hoper house in gloucester new england at dusk

HOVEY STREET, GLOUCESTER, AT DUSK

It’s strange, that which sits in our minds, quietly influencing us without us knowing....
Gloucester New England at dusk, looking towards the tower of the city hall

GLOUCESTER, NEW ENGLAND – DUSK

TRASK STREET, GLOUCESTER, NEW ENGLAND – DUSK Where does the sense of the familiar...
Walk The Plank Fire in Salford

WALK THE PLANK FIRE

I recently received an upsetting phone call from walk The Plank, to tell me...
dawn in the city of manchester, the image is to be used for the reform radio programme not quite light

REFORM RADIO EPISODE ONE

I’ve begun a monthly Not Quite Light radio show with Reform Radio. The first...
Dave Haslam Sonic Youth Slept ON My Floor book

INTERVIEW WITH DAVE HASLAM

On Monday 4th June I will be interviewing Dave Haslam about his newly published...
sunrise movie

SUNRISE – A SONG OF TWO HUMANS

This film was made in 1927, directed by FW Murnau and is considered to...
The lights from dartmoor prison glowing in the early evening mist

NEW PODCAST

Following on from my visit to Dartmoor last year, I’ve produced a new podcast...
book 5 plus architects

CHARITY CHOSEN FOR BOOK

My limited edition book ‘You Live With Us, We Live With You’ was published...

PHOTOGRAPHS ON SHOW IN HOPE MILL

I currently have two photographs on show in Hope Mill, Manchester, as part of...
Great Eastern Street Hotel London

LIMITED EDITION BOOK NOW ON SALE

The project “You Live With Us, We Live You”, which was commissioned by 5...
not quite light podcast the hive

LISTEN TO THE NEW NOT QUITE LIGHT PODCAST

I’ve been intending to do a podcast for Not Quite Light for some time,...
guided walk manchester

SUBSCRIBE NOT QUITE LIGHT

JOIN ME AT DAWN… You can now subscribe to Not Quite Light and keep...

NEW POST – Riverside, Salford 5.28AM

There’s a new post on the project ‘From Trinity To The Crescent’, featuring words...
Liverpool Street, Salford, dawn

NQl “From Trinity To The Crescent”

It’s been a while since I’ve had chance to return to my personal Not...

“You Live With Us, We Live With You”

I’ve been out a couple of times this week, producing pictures for this project....

MONITOR CREATIVE MAGAZINE

The Not Quite Light project is featured in the latest Monitor Creative online magazine....
oldfield road salford cow lane beetham tower

NEW POST – COW LANE, SALFORD 3.04AM

Read the new post from the project “From Trinity To The Crescent” To read...
The Lowry Hotel Manchester

NEW POST – ST.MARY’S PARSONAGE 3.29AM

Read the new post from the project “From Trinity To The Crescent” To read...
mark addy salford

NEW POST “FROM TRINITY TO THE CRESCENT”

MARK ADDY, NEW BAILEY, 4.01AM There’s a new post from my Not Quite Light...

SALE ARTS TRAIL 2016

SALE ARTS TRAIL 2016 9TH / 10TH JULY For the 3rd year running I’m...

MANCHESTER HISTORIES FESTIVAL 2016

MANCHESTER HISTORIES FESTIVAL 2016 Over the weekend of June 4th & 5th I’ll be...

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