Photos By RJT

You can now buy my book exclusively through my shop

What happened on the 21st of November 2023? – Not only did I successfully complete my crowdfunding project, but I also jointly hosted an online launch event with the brilliant Dr Victoria Wilson-Crane, who is an author in her own right and a great friend.

If you’re interested in watching the launch event, click the YouTube link below. If you want to fast-forward to key moments, maybe the following timings will be of interest:

• 0:00 – 1:30 Musical video of me visiting all 56 stations portrayed in the book
• 1:30 – 4:30 Introductions
• 4:40 – 10:30 A word or two from The Times No. 1 Best Selling Author Michael Heppell
• 10:45 – 19:45 An insight into the design principles behind my book
• 20:00 – 25:00 A reading from the book The City of London & Fenchurch Street
• 26:00 – 30:30 What others have said about my book
• 30:30 – 36:00 Q&A and Close

There were many fun moments, so please take a minute and browse.

I’ll also be blogging separately about how I used AI to create a digital voice-over to accompany a collection of comments from those who have read my book and commented on what they have said about it. A sort of interactive commentary with international AI voices. I have to say I was quite impressed with the software-as-a-service I used. Stay tuned if you want to find out more.

Revisiting my photographs

To celebrate my book’s launch, I will be returning to some of the locations and people who feature in my book over the next year to recreate the photos from my book. But this time, with my book in the shot. So, you’ll get a ‘before and after’ view. And by way of a ‘thank you!’ I’ll be handing a free copy of my book to those featured. I’ll post the photos across my social media, along with the relevant extract from my book describing the photo and the location visited.

So, as a ‘starter for 10’, here are a couple from Ewell East and Ewell West.