Staithes is an inimitable place. It’s a place close to my heart and a place close to my good friend Gloria Wilson’s heart.

Over the past few years both Gloria and myself have been working on a book about Staithes. Gloria writing, me helping to digitise the vast collection of her images from over the years and myself and Gloria visiting and researching. It’s been a true pleasure to do so and I’d like to thank Gloria for allowing me to be part of the process.

The book, using her images (a few of her mother Lilian Colbourn’s images and two of mine), her mothers paintings and her own artwork, looks at the village in a deeply personal and indeed a psychogeographic way. The character of the place. It’s “Staithes-yness”

Thanks to publisher Lodestar Books this massively important work is now printed and will be available from Thursday 6th October 2022.

If you wish to order you can visit Lodestar Books; https://lodestarbooks.com/product/staithes-a-place-apart/ it will also be stocked in The Whitby Bookshop and other local outlets.

If you’re having difficulty finding a copy. Please contact me via this website.