“The Sun Rises on Sotterley” In March 2024 when the announcement was made that the Glemham Estate was to be sold, shivers ran down the spines of Eastfolkers throughout the land.  That announcement was quickly followed by FolkEast’s own, stating that 2024 would see the last FolkEast at Glemham and that a new site was…

Cambridge Rock Festival, the somewhat nomadic four-day rock festival was celebrating its twenty-first year in 2025. I first photographed this event back in 2008 when it took place at Wood Green Animal Shelter in Godmanchester.  Over the years it has pitched up at several different venues for a variety of practical reasons. The fact that…

This year saw the 39th running of Ely Folk Festival.  For me it was a new experience as I was attending this much-loved festival in the fens for the first time. The event takes place on Stuntney Estate, just off the A142 a few miles south of the city that gives it its name. The…

The term ‘Folk’ has come to mean a style of music, but even then, opinions are divided on what really is folk music. The origins of the word ‘folk’ comes from the old English ‘folc’ meaning common people. However, Common People in a Field lacks literation.  And before we get hung up on the common, in common…

In the middle of a summer heatwave, I headed to a beach in Lowestoft. The sea breeze kept temperatures to a respectable 21°C, chilly enough to need a fleece. Still, there was plenty of time for the temperature to rise, it was only 4am. The promenade was busy with dawn watchers heading for the shore…