Blackpool...

I always feel that many people have a love hate relationship with the place they come from. Being brought up in Blackpool, I couldn't wait to get away from it, but it has always had a strange pull. There is something about its faded glamour, the stories and the wind swept beach in winter that I find stimulates my creativity. I went to see the Illuminations this weekend and found myself again thinking that it really is a fascinating and quite unique place...