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Pfigliano 5

Sidney Sussex College's own Close-Harmony singers are:

Jamal Sutton,
Nicholas Morrell,
Paul Kilbey,
James Freeman
and Duncan Hewitt

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The Pfigliano 5 were formed in a drunken haze in late 2006 by a lecherous American tenor and his entourage of besotted undergrads. Though the line-up has changed, the spirit remains and they have already performed many times this year, including a very well-received interlude at the 1596 Foundation Feast at Sidney Sussex College and a regular set with the Sidney Sussex College Music Society (SSCMS). Their repertoire covers all corners of the cheese-spectrum, from classic barbershop numbers to Disney arrangements to quaint, mildly xenophobic music-hall songs from the 1920s.

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For bookings, concert dates and more information visit the SSCMS website:

http://www.srcf.ucam.org/sscms/

and hear some recordings on:

http://www.myspace.com/pfigliano5

Flora

A collection of the my best plant shots, up to the beginning of 2008. Some are quite scientific, some are quite arty.

Butterflies

Creepy-Crawlies

Agra

A wonder of the world:

The last of my India photography taken on an absolutely amazing day in Agra. The Taj Mahal and the increadible yet under-appreciated Agra Fort.

I have selected my favourites in the 'best photo' sample section. Please look at all the rest for a wider view of these two modern wonders of the world! Further details to follow. Enjoy.

Plants & Flowers

Detail...

Close-up photography rocks. Just waiting for the day I can get my hands on a proper macro lens!

McLeod Ganj

A selection of photographs (from so so many) taken during a six week teaching placement in McLeod Ganj, Himachal Pradesh, North India. The residence of the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan Government in exile, McLeod has become a haven for Tibetan refugees, Buddhist pilgrims and the ever-present kitsch tourist 'Children of the World' who take to playing flutes out of cafe windows and not wearing any shoes. Regardless of that annoyance McLeod is wonderful. The smell of damp pine needles and incense drift across on the breeze with the thick mist - as pervasive, even, as the hippies during the monsoon season - lending to everything a surreal (and, annoyingly for photography, a harsh white glare and slightly blurred) edge. The distance, though rarely visible, occasionally broke through after a good air-clearing storm to reveal the fantastic views into the valley below and up to the Himalaya proper. A marvelous, magical monk-filled place. For anyone going there to shoot I suggest comprehensive camera insurance and the acceptance that nothing, in the second wettest place in India, in monsoon season, at that altitude, will ever, ever truly be what we the British consider 'dry'...

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La República Dominicana

Marrakech & The High Atlas Mountains