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The fisheye shot of AC/DC in the tour programme from the For Those About To Rock tour in October 1982. Source: Uncredited.

Do I need to get a fisheye lens?

Posted on 29th Nov 202518th Dec 2025 by Ian Duncan Media

Back in the days of film photography in the mid to late 1990s I bought a Nikon 16mm f2.8 fisheye… Read more Do I need to get a fisheye lens?

The Red Rebels, who are normally associated with Extinction Rebellion, perform in Carlisle to support the regular weekly vigil for Gaza and Palestine and raw a Red Line for Gaza following the recent peace deal. Picture: Ian Duncan.

The Red Rebels in Carlisle

Posted on 25th Oct 202527th Oct 2025 by Ian Duncan Media

EVERY week since the Hamas atrocities in Isreal in October 2023 and the subsequent retaliation against the people of Palestine… Read more The Red Rebels in Carlisle

Peat & Diesel at the Old Fire Station in Carlisle. Source: Ian Duncan.

Peat & Diesel

Posted on 27th Jul 202528th Jul 2025 by Ian Duncan Media

REVIEW: The Old Fire Station in Carlisle. Friday, July 25, 2025. SIX years ago I was between jobs in Carlisle,… Read more Peat & Diesel

Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons at the Old Fire Station in Carlisle. Source: Ian Duncan.

Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons

Posted on 26th Jul 202527th Jul 2025 by Ian Duncan Media

It was a last minute decision but I decided to get back into shooting gigs again on Thursday when I… Read more Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons

Protesters opposed to a proposed gasification plant in Rockcliffe, to the north of Carlisle, outside Carlisle Civic Centre ahead of the special planning committee meeting on Friday, June 20, 2025. Source: Ian Duncan.

Gasification plant firm set to appeal

Posted on 26th Jun 202526th Jun 2025 by Ian Duncan Media

Following last week’s special planning committee meeting, where an application for a proposed gasification plant was rejected, I got an… Read more Gasification plant firm set to appeal

SETTLE TO CARLISLE RAILWAY… The iconic rail route in the north of England… Ribblehead Viaduct…

A rail adventure from Carlisle to Settle on an iconic rail line

Posted on 18th May 202524th May 2025 by Ian Duncan Media

Bizarrely I got message from my mate Neil, who works for Northern Rail, and he suggested that we should take… Read more A rail adventure from Carlisle to Settle on an iconic rail line

HOTEL… The former site of the crumbling Central Plaza Hotel in Carlisle… It was named as one of the most important Victorian buildings in the UK…

Investor secured for former Central Plaza site in Carlisle

Posted on 17th May 202524th May 2025 by Ian Duncan Media

While I was first living in Carlisle I followed the saga of the Central Plaza Hotel which was apparently named… Read more Investor secured for former Central Plaza site in Carlisle

PILGRIMS' PROGRESS... Members of the annual Northern Cross pilgrimage arrive at the island of Lindisfarne after a week of trekking across the north of England...

Pilgrims’ progress

Posted on 20th Apr 2025 by Ian Duncan Media

On Good Friday (April 18) I caught up again with the Carlisle group of pilgrims who set off on this… Read more Pilgrims’ progress

Pychobilly pioneers The Meteors perform at The Brickyard in Carlisle in Cumbria...

The Meteors at The Brickyard in Carlisle

Posted on 19th Apr 202520th Apr 2025 by Ian Duncan Media

Last Sunday I managed to get back into covering gigs when psychobilly pioneers The Meteors visited the city for a… Read more The Meteors at The Brickyard in Carlisle

COVER SHOT... Damaged Goods performing at The Brickyard in 2024...

Cover shot

Posted on 16th Apr 2025 by Ian Duncan Media

I had an unexpected surprise today when I got a message from the drummer of a local band who wanted… Read more Cover shot

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