Join us at Peckham 24 Book Fair this May. We will have all your favourite books for sale and will be hosting signings with some of our lovely photographers. More details to come.

Highly recommend the new exhibit by Ian Beesley at Salts Mill:

'They worked in industries long gone and played on streets long demolished...'
Ian Beesley's exhibition is a must-see 📷📷 Salts Mill Ian Beesley thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/24297034.…

Am in the pub but the dogs gone down a rabbit hole

Ian Beesley Salts Mill Sarah Wise I had the pleasure of meeting Dolly once, when I was 17. I believe she was called Dolly because she wouldn’t ever be without a doll in her arms. She was a wonderful, gentle woman. Her story hit me like a train. I have never forgotten her or what I learned that day.

I spoke about such cases The Wanstead Tap a couple of weeks ago -- a recording can be found here shows.acast.com/659bcdc155d0e2…

Dolly incarcerated in the Moor Hospital Lancaster for having an illegitimate child in her early teens she never left, from the exhibition Life goes on @saltsmill For the history & background of this inhuman treatment read The undesirables by Sarah Wise

Enjoyed seeing more of Ian Beesley superb work on display Salts Mill now.

And here we have it. The river swale.

The last days of coal: Photos show Yorkshire's last working pit dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2… via Daily Mail Online

Spreads from Life by Ian Beesley. With over 300 images, the book includes countless stories and contemporaneous anecdotes from Ian.

The Second Edition is available now from our website.

🔗: bluecoatpress.co.uk/product/life-2/

'Annual Thames swimming race cancelled over sewage fears.'

And that my friends is what 33 years of regulatory failure looks like.

bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

UK arts need ‘rescue package’ to avoid lost generation, says Royal Court boss theguardian.com/stage/2024/may…

Welcome to #Saltaire .

Fantastic spread by Emma Clayton in today’s Telegraph & Argus - all about Ian Beesley’s new exhibition ‘Life Goes On’ open in Gallery 2, Weds-Sun 10am-5pm. We’re also open this bank holiday Monday May 6th. Hope to see you soon!

We're open this bank holiday Mon May 6th. The Saltaire Arts Trail will be in full swing with art all over the village & special exhibitions in the mill - see @saltaireinspired for details. David Hockney's A Year in Normandie reopens this Sat May 4th 11am-4pm. See you soon!

BIG news out today!

Everyone has heard of Frank Meadow Sutcliffe but many fewer of Thomas Watson (1863-1957) He lived in Lythe, near Whitby. This turn of the century photograph is of Staithes but he is especially remembered for his images of Mulgrave Castle.

Street Talk, 1951 A group of fishwives talking in the street, Hull, Yorkshire.

📸: Bert Hardy

Britain Through His Lens 1938—1957, the newest edition of Hardy's work, includes some of his most renowned images. Available through our website

🔗: bluecoatpress.co.uk/product/britai…

Pattern maker (Jacquard looms) from Life goes on @saltsmill Bradford Museums & Galleries