Standard Chartered Weather Photographer of the Year 2024 Winners Announced
Standard Chartered Weather Photographer of the Year 2024 Winners Announced The Royal Meteorological Society has announced the winners of this year’s Standard Chartered Weather Photographer of the Year Competition. An international panel of experts in meteorology, photography, and journalism, including members of the ITV Weather team, chose the judges’ winners from a shortlist of 25 images received by entrants from 84 countries. In addition, the public voted for their favourite on the Royal Meteorological Society website. View the Winners’ Gallery on the Royal Meteorological Society website. The Standard Chartered Weather Photographer of the Year 2024 Title Prize Winner is Wang Xin of Shanghai, China, with the photo ‘Sprites Dancing…
Saturday Poetry – ‘Come Let Us Be Friends’ Sarah Lee Brown
Saturday Poetry – ‘Come Let Us Be Friends’ Sarah Lee Brown This week’s Saturday Poetry brings you the soul-stirring poem titled ”Come Let Us Be Friends’ Sarah Lee Brown. “Come Let Us Be Friends” appears in Sarah Lee Brown Fleming’s poetry collection Clouds and Sunshine (The Cornhill Company, 1920). In Afro-American Women Writers, 1746–1933: An Anthology and Critical Guide (G.K. Hall, 1988), American journalist, editor, and associate librarian Ann Allen Shockley remarks that Fleming “has been unnoticed as an early novelist and poet of the twentieth century. Her books were not mentioned in Jet’s brief historical capsule about her. She is remembered more for her social and civic contributions than…
Saturday Poetry – ‘And You . . .’ by Jason Allen-Paisant
Saturday Poetry – ‘And You . . .’ by Jason Allen-Paisant This week’s Saturday Poetry brings you the soul-stirring poem titled ‘And You’ . . . by Jason Allen-Paisant. He is the author of The Possibility of Tenderness (Hutchinson Heinemann, 2025), Engagements with Aimé Césaire (Oxford University Press, 2024), and Self-Portrait as Othello(Carcanet Press, 2023). About this poem “My wife and I had just moved to Leeds, a city neither of us knew. This event happened in the woods one day. I was unaware until then of my deep loneliness in this city. I don’t fully understand why, but this feeling of loneliness upon coming to live in a new…
Saturday Poetry – ‘Let’s love each other’ by Jalal al-Din Rumi
This week’s Saturday Poetry brings you the soul-stirring poem titled is ‘Let’s love each other’ by Jalal al-Din Rumi. For this edition of Saturday Poetry, we have paired Jalal al-Din Rumi’s emotive words with mobile art by the talented @rosiekimages with the captivating artwork complementing the poem’s essence beautifully, creating a symphony of emotions. To view the others we have published in this section, go here. via Poets.org Saturday Poetry – ‘Let’s love each other’ by Jalal al-Din Rumi Let’s love each other, let’s cherish each other, my friend, before we lose each other. You’ll long for me when I’m gone. You’ll make a truce with me. So why put…
Saturday Poetry – Wild Beauty by Jessica Care Moore
Saturday Poetry – Wild Beauty by Jessica Care Moore This week’s Saturday Poetry brings you the soul-stirring poem titled ‘Wild Beauty’ by Jessica Care Moore. She is the author of several poetry collections, including We Want Our Bodies Back (HarperCollins, 2020), The Alphabet Verses The Ghetto (Moore Black Press, 2003), and The Words Don’t Fit in My Mouth (Moore Black Press, 1997). Moore explained “I wrote the poem, ‘Wild Beauty,’ in the middle of the night. I was balancing heartbreak, isolation, friendship, and a longing for true love. I’d been reading a lot of Sylvia Plath and experimenting with the sound of my poems. They changed during the pandemic. I…
Greatest Mobile Art Pic of the Day (2,167)
The Greatest Mobile Art Pic of the Day (2,167) Today marks a momentous occasion as we gather to celebrate the 2167th instalment of our beloved Pic of the Day series on Instagram. With each passing day, this journey has evolved into an extraordinary tapestry of awe-inspiring visuals and captivating creativity contributed by talented photographers from every corner of the globe. The journey has been nothing short of exhilarating, and we are humbled by the opportunity to showcase the unique perspectives and artistic brilliance that flood our submissions. The selected image for today’s celebration comes from none other than the immensely gifted @seelooksky whose exceptional eye for mobile photography truly exemplifies the…
Greatest Mobile Art Pic of the Day (2,166)
The Greatest Mobile Art Pic of the Day (2,166) Today marks a momentous occasion as we gather to celebrate the 2166th instalment of our beloved Pic of the Day series on Instagram. With each passing day, this journey has evolved into an extraordinary tapestry of awe-inspiring visuals and captivating creativity contributed by talented photographers from every corner of the globe. The journey has been nothing short of exhilarating, and we are humbled by the opportunity to showcase the unique perspectives and artistic brilliance that flood our submissions. The selected image for today’s celebration comes from none other than the immensely gifted @royiphoneography whose exceptional eye for mobile photography truly exemplifies…
Greatest Mobile Art Pic of the Day (2,165)
The Greatest Mobile Art Pic of the Day (2,165) Today marks a momentous occasion as we gather to celebrate the 2165th instalment of our beloved Pic of the Day series on Instagram. With each passing day, this journey has evolved into an extraordinary tapestry of awe-inspiring visuals and captivating creativity contributed by talented photographers from every corner of the globe. The journey has been nothing short of exhilarating, and we are humbled by the opportunity to showcase the unique perspectives and artistic brilliance that flood our submissions. The selected image for today’s celebration comes from none other than the immensely gifted @shinemaura1 whose exceptional eye for mobile photography truly exemplifies…
Greatest Mobile Art Pic of the Day (2,164)
The Greatest Mobile Art Pic of the Day (2,164) Today marks a momentous occasion as we gather to celebrate the 2164th instalment of our beloved Pic of the Day series on Instagram. With each passing day, this journey has evolved into an extraordinary tapestry of awe-inspiring visuals and captivating creativity contributed by talented photographers from every corner of the globe. The journey has been nothing short of exhilarating, and we are humbled by the opportunity to showcase the unique perspectives and artistic brilliance that flood our submissions. The selected image for today’s celebration comes from none other than the immensely gifted @alice1280 whose exceptional eye for mobile photography truly exemplifies…
Greatest Mobile Art Pic of the Day (2,163)
The Greatest Mobile Art Pic of the Day (2,163) Today marks a momentous occasion as we gather to celebrate the 2163rd instalment of our beloved Pic of the Day series on Instagram. With each passing day, this journey has evolved into an extraordinary tapestry of awe-inspiring visuals and captivating creativity contributed by talented photographers from every corner of the globe. The journey has been nothing short of exhilarating, and we are humbled by the opportunity to showcase the unique perspectives and artistic brilliance that flood our submissions. The selected image for today’s celebration comes from none other than the immensely gifted @jenivoigt whose exceptional eye for mobile photography truly exemplifies…
