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Oleg Gordievsky the MI6 spy who helped prevent nuclear war

Russian double agent Oleg Gordievsky is the subject of a new book by  The Times writer, Ben Macintyre. ‘The Spy and the Traitor’ reveals how Oleg Gordievsky reported the Russian leadership’s growing paranoia to MI6 which influenced Ronald Reagan’s public softening to the USSR. It was thought that planned American military rehearsals in the 1980s could […]

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Billy Monger returns to racing at Donington Park

Racing driver, Billy Monger returns to racing at Donington Park in these photographs taken for The Times. It was during a race at Donington Park in 2017 that Billy crashed into the back of a stationary car. He then spent 90 conscious minutes trapped while the emergency services worked to free him. In hospital we […]

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Women in football

The Times has just published an excellent feature by Alyson Rudd on women in football that centres on female directors of Premier League clubs. My portrait of Huddersfield Town operations director, Ann Hough was prominently used over the two page feature entitled ‘Powerful women who sit at the top table in man’s world‘. When photographing […]

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World Cup Portraits (Part 1)

More editorial photography and portraiture here. In the run up to the World Cup I shot a number of footballers including a couple of England team profile pieces for The Times. At that time we didn’t know how prominently Liverpool F.C’s captain, Jordan Henderson and Leicester City’s Harry Maguire would feature but both have proven […]

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Congratulations Jeni & Henry – Lincolnshire wedding photographer Michael Powell gallery

Lincolnshire wedding photographer, Michael Powell. Congratulations Jeni & Henry. Here are just a few of my favourite photographs from the day.     All images ©copyright Michael Powell / michaelpowell.com

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