YEARS ago there was a T-shirt slogan which ran: "The trouble with political jokes is that they get elected." This week London became the turkey that voted for Christmas.
It may also have been the week Labour began to lose its grip on power nationally - but I can't really bring myself to get too excited about one centrist party of personal and corporate aggrandisement losing out to another one.
If in the long run it means the rebirth of the Labour Party I was once a member of from the ashes of the parody that took over the name, it might even turn out to be a good thing. But I won't be holding my breath.

I've never favourited so many works by one deviant in one visit as I did when stumbling on *ISMAILEREN's amazing gallery. He doesn't have as good a camera as most of us dA snappers, but his jaw-dropping subjects and his deeply intelligent and humane attitude make his array of images of Afghanistan and its people a must-see - one of the few collections on here I'd describe as important. I shall be writing about him at greater length at some point. In the meantime, consider the pics I've picked out here, go see the rest for yourselves - and tell him I sent you.




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The ~Forefathers gallery celebrates the photography of my father and grandfather from 1910 to 1992 and is administered jointly by me and my brother *coshipi



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