Category: The Gravesend Journal
-
Plastic Bottles: 10 Million a day in the UK!
I don’t know what made me first notice them. But when I did, I realised that they were everywhere. If I go for a half-hour walk from home, I’ll usually see three or four discarded water bottles.
-
Gravesham General Election 2024 Round-up
The rain got heavier, and Rishi Sunak’s bespoke suit became the focus of attention. I presumed that he’d just fired the starting gun on what would be one of Gravesham’s most closely fought elections in recent history. The polls were correct; we have a new MP, but it wasn’t the battle I expected.
-
Print Edition Three: The 2024 Election
This is the latest print edition of The Gravesend Journal. The first two were based on longer-term projects, The Table and Gravesend’s Lost Pubs. This third edition tells the story of the recent 2024 General Election.
-
Edward Moore House Protest
A small group of Gravesend residents gather outside the Civic Centre in Gravesend, home of the Gravesham Borough Council. They object to the proposed opening in the town of a home for unaccompanied asylum-seeking (UAS) children.
-
Labour Win in Gravesham
In the early hours of Friday, 5th July, Lauren Sullivan was elected as the Member of Parliament for Gravesham.
-
Gravesham Election Hustings 2024
On Thursday evening, the City Praise Centre in Gravesend hosted the only hustings in Gravesham for the 2024 general election.
-
Gravesham: A Day in the Life
On Saturday, 1st June, anyone with a camera was invited to take part in Gravesham’s first Day in the Life shoot, part of the Gravesham Fringe Festival. The aim is to make it an annual event documenting the changes in the borough from year to year. I took portraits of shopkeepers in some of Gravesend’s…
-
The Last Ferry to Tilbury
The Jacob Marley leaves Gravesend for the last time and the sun sets on a ferry service that has carried passengers between Tilbury and Gravesend for over 700 years. The ferry’s cancellation is another symptom of the funding crisis hitting local authorities across the UK.
-
Gravesend Civic Centre & Woodville Theatre
I know I’m likely in the minority, but I need to be honest: I love the Civic Centre and the Woodville. Brutalism, the architectural style, is a love-it-or-hate-it thing. I love it and maybe you will too.
-
The Final Days at Tri The Bike Shop, Gravesend
A bike shop has traded from this site in Windmill Street for some 60 years. However, at the end of November Tri The Bike Shop will put up its shutters for the last time.