On Saturday the fascist English Defence League came to Manchester looking for trouble. The Police did a good job keeping them apart from the anti fascist protesters , restricting their efforts to lots of shouting and skirmishes.

a few pictures from four hectic days covering the tory party conference in Manchester , including the obligatory 'leader points to non specific point in audience , symbolising his party pointing positively to the future' shot . berluddy media trained politicians!

Love on the buses

These are pictures of Manchester artist Sarah Evans who is collecting people's love stories by talking to them on her bus route. I went to photograph her at Chorlton bus station and I popped in to a nearly bar to find a couple willing to be in the background of some pictures. The old guy just wandered into one of the shots and made my favourite of the set!

These are some portraits of a mental health charity worker who herself suffers from depression and OCD.

Union Jack waving fun at the BBC Proms in the Park in Salford

Earlier this month saw the 7oth anniversary of the start of World War II.
I photographed a number of military veterans for stories relating to this.

Portraits of World War 2 veteran Billy Naylor from Salford.