In March I completed a commission for English Heritage photographing around 200 blue plaques and their buildings across the capital. London’s famous blue plaques link the people of the past with the buildings of the present and 2016 marks the 150th anniversary of the scheme. ©English Heritage, Lucy Millson-Watkins

During a recent trip to the Peak District, I found time to do a short cave walk. I love exploring underground, there is something mysterious and adventurous about it, like somehow I might stumble into an Indiana Jones story! The Peak Cavern, which is in the village of Castleton, has the largest natural cave entrance in the British Isles and inside are the remains of an ancient village where a community lived and worked making ropes for the local lead mines for more than 400 y