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On 31 October 2026, Berwick-upon-Tweed hosted its inaugural whisky festival. Bringing together distillers, enthusiasts and those like myself who are simply curious about whisky, we chatted, sipped and celebrated whiskies from both sides of the border. I went along to capture some photos but then used my phone to grab some of the conversations, meet the people championing the brands and find out a...

This week I got to meet and chat with Graeme Reavley, a retired vet from Northumberland. Russia’s war against Ukraine began with the invasion of Crimea in 2014, escalating into a full scale invasion in February 2022. Since then, Graeme has made repeated journeys across Europe, driving donated vehicles and delivering supplies to people affected by the war. What began as a single trip has become a l...

This audio first appeared on my weekly newsletter here: https://documentally.substack.com/p/a-wandering-existence-2160 While walking the dog  I spotted a man coming along the road pulling a four-wheeled cart loaded with what looked like everything he owned. Obviously, I had to stop and find out what was going on. His name is Adam Richards and he was just about to cross the border from Scotland bac...

For more context listen to the intro here... https://bsky.app/profile/documental.ly/post/3movn3nanuk2z More on Documentally.net   This is an archive BBC Radio discussion from 2010 featuring Me, Christian Payne, aka Documentally debating the Digital Economy Bill with Victoria Derbyshire.  Topics include file sharing, copyright, internet freedom, digital entrepreneurship and the future of media. Loo...

Day three of #AudioMo 2026

If you are a man currently at a cross roads in life and need to find a new sense of purpose listen to this new endeavour from adventurer and writer David Charles. A therapeutic journey through darkness. More info here: https://davidcharles.substack.com/p/join-me-on-night-shift My own musings are on http://www. Documentally.net  

A chat with a grave digger #AudioMo

Standing in the garden 20 hours after a storm. Recorded for #AudioMo

More info at https://thesathianmaltgroup.com/ Recorded at Thinking Digital 2025 Www. Documentally.net

More info at www. Mas400.com Recorded for http://www. Documentally.net and the #TDC25 on BlueSky

A quick chat with @RobAmour in Microbus in Gateshead

This was recorded for documentally.net but uploaded to AudioBoom in order to test mobile upload. It failed due to the image being too large and then after resizing it failed due to bandwidth being limited. So is generally a bit of a faff.

This was recorded for www.documentally.net   I used the app VRP7 to record the audio and then uploaded the audio as well as a photo using the Audioboom browser. The first attempt failed when I recorded straight into the browser using the browser based recording interface on AudioBoom. All data was lost with an accidental thumb swipe.

A conversation with my cousins Gian and Vittoria Battaglia. Recorded for http://Documentally.net and a re-edited to include some promised music at the end. Vittoria's work can be found here: https://apothecaryofbotanicalmedicine.co.uk And Gian music can be found here:  https://gianbattaglia.bandcamp.com/

Recorded for Documentally.net and the last day of #AudioMo 2024  It's day 30 or AudioMo and I have managed to post a little audio every day. I shall miss AudioMo. But I will be sure to post more Audio soon.

Recorded for http://Documentally.net and #AudioMo Day 27 Where I recount most of what I have been up. Cycling, writing, research, Ham Radio and finding an old SD card and extracting it's secrets.

Recorded for Documentally.net and #AudioMo day 26 Original image of Assange via Wikimedia and licensed CC 2.0. Digitally modified by myself. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ The audio is mine.

Recorded for http://Documentally.net and #AudioMo Day 24 A no spoiler review of the 2023 film The Bikeriders.

Recorded for http://Documentally.net and #AudioMo Day 23

Recorded for http://www. Documentally.net and #AudioMo

In defence of authentic sound this audio was recorded for http://Documentally.net and #AudioMo

Recorded for Documentally.net and #AudioMo In this audio, I roll a die to choose one of six books and then roll again to choose what page number I read a poem from.

Thoughts on the cinema experience recorded for http://Documentally.net and #AudioMo