DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY:     Not many sites to which to refer you, but I do recommend some camera club sites. Click on the blocks below to take you directly to these.

<<< The Royal Photographic Society, the venerable organisation of which many serious photographers in UK and beyond are members.
When a member of the RPS, I subscribed to a "Special Interests" group called "Digital imaging Group". This has a very active committee and membership, and provides technical and other information, forums, with a folio of members' images. Worth joining for any wanting to learn, to discuss and to enjoy their photographic hobby.

<<< "Passion for Pixels" is an active Australian on-line site for digital photography. Also worth joining, especially for amateur photographers based in Australasia.

Some RPS members :    Gitta Lim, LRPS,    Glenys Taylor, ARPS,    Paula Davies, FRPS,    John Long, ARPS,    Graham Whistler, FRPS,    and Clive Haynes, FRPS   (excellent for Photoshop tips).

Some sites providing advice on Photoshop techniques:    Luminous Landscape;    The Russell Brown Show;    Cambridge in Colour;    Ken Rockwell;    Digital Directions;    Digital-Darkroom;    - and one just for an explanation of sharpening:    Creative Pro.

POPULATION:     Already mentioned in the"Population" section, some useful sites for reference are: "Optimum Population Trust" and "WWF". Additionally, for statistical reference, please try: "United Nations Population Division" and the UK department responsible for all government statistics: "Office for National Statistics". For an Australian site, go to "Sustainable Population Australia", and I find a good US site is: "Population Reference Bureau".

REINSURANCE DISPUTE RESOLUTION:     Previously mentioned is the arbitration society for reinsurance disputes. Its website may be found at: "A.R.I.A.S. (UK)".
A handy database of decisions in recent court cases in the Commercial Court, Court of Appeal etc is provided at "British and Irish Legal Information Institute", and for House of Lords judgments go to: "HoL Judgments". In England and Wales, arbitration is subject to the "Arbitration Act 1996", qv.
For names of law firms specialising in reinsurance dispute resolution, try: "Legal 500" which also provides links to the firms listed.

FAMILY, FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES:     I should like to direct you to the site of a class-mate whom I last physically met back at school in the 1950s. He is Professor John Biggs, now retired (in Tasmania) but most active now as writer of both fiction and non-fiction. His website is at this address.

Recently (2010), I've been absorbed in some genealogical studies of my maternal ancestors and have completed a narrative of the family back to great-great-grandparents. Should any visitor here have an interest in this, please e-mail me for the address of a web-page from which the narrative may be downloaded (a PDF document).

Which just leaves the missing-link. My e-mail address is .