As you can see, this wedding was a real hoot! Dan and Amani put a lot of thought into their big day, and their first good idea was to hold it out at Mavis Hall Park, a real working farm at the foot of the Lammermuir Hills. Juliet has been there several times and she’d … Continue Reading
As the economy plunges screaming over the cliff, it would be reasonable to expect people to postpone their wedding plans indefinitely in the hope that “things can only get better”. Oddly enough, that doesn’t seem to be happening and hardly a day goes by when I don’t get a call or an email from couples … Continue Reading
Some of the most touching ceremonies I do are those with only a handful of guests, like this evening wedding at Prestonfield House for Peter and Claire. We wrote the ceremony together as always, but they both prepared secret readings for one other, which they gave before they exchanged their vows. It takes a lot … Continue Reading
“If you voted for this proposition, I have some questions for you,” begins Keith Obermann on MSNBC and he goes on to say all that needs to be said about the right of gay people to marry in the USA: much of it applies here in the UK too. I recently interviewed former Bishop Richard … Continue Reading
Every so often a large attachment hits my inbox – if I’m lucky, it’s from a couple I married months before sending me some shots from their wedding. Back in freezing cold, wet January, Deborah and Brian chose to come here all the way from Cheshire and Connecticut to marry in the historic setting of … Continue Reading
One of the things that surprises me most about the ceremonies I have the privilege of conducting is that they are all genuinely unique. Every couple’s journey is different and they way in which they tell their story is too. Jane and David’s approach was intimate, open and honest and they chose a lovely spot, … Continue Reading
Humanist weddings are non-religious but they’re not anti-religious and I believe it’s important that everyone feels welcome. It’s a subject that comes up fairly often when I meet people for the first time and although many couples have no interest in religion themselves, I always ask them about their friends and relatives so if they … Continue Reading
This year, 2020, my fee for a wedding is £500.00 and the first twenty miles of travel is free. If you’d like to have a rehearsal, you should add a further £100.00. They’re not essential but they can be a good idea, and you can read more about them here.
I love this shot of the vault at Linlithgow Palace; a now roofless masterpiece of mediaeval architecture, (deliberately set on fire by Butcher Cumberland en route to Culloden) it was a very atmospheric setting for Robert & Sarah’s wedding. Robert & Sarah’s story was very romantic. When they were only in their teens, they both … Continue Reading
I don’t know when this began to happen, but this year I’ve found myself surrounded by more and more blokes. Like the grey squirrel and cosmetic surgery, the tradition of ‘The Groom’s Men’ has arrived here from the States and it’s definitely catching on. There’s certainly an argument for having a few guys to keep … Continue Reading