We will follow the life of the city through a year and a day, from September 1st, 2011 to September 1st, 2012. Showing it as it is, we will be looking at the minutiae and the momentous. Our story is told by 20 or so photographers from our community in 120 pages…. This is a book by Worcester folk, about Worcester folk and for Worcester folk. It recorded the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, and the year when London 2012 brought the Olympic torch to our patch. Its scope embrace the city.  While recording the microcosm of Worcester our photographers encapsulate the larger picture of England itself. Edited by Michael Hallett and Clive Haynes, The Worcester Book is scheduled for publication in Autumn 2012 by the Henwick Hill Press.

Michael Hallett was born on Portland and brought up in Weymouth. With Olympic Coast he brings together his understanding of local history and heritage, a touch of autobiography and links this with his photographs and the iconographic imagery he calls the ‘photo construction’.
       ‘With Weymouth & Portland the sailing venue for the 2012 London Olympic Games it is as if the sporting world is coming to my own back yard.’  


Olympic Coast is published by the Henwick Hill Press. Size and length: 25cm x 20cm landscape, ca.116 pages. ISBN 978-0-9561570-0-3.   £30.00 plus p&p. It can be previewed and purchased on line from www.blurb.com/books/3119456, through www.olympiccoast.co.uk or just click on the above cover.