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    The Show of Hands Story. Show of Hands have unequivocally become one of the leading forces in British folk. Steve Knightley and Phil Beer are respectively recognised as one of the UK’s best singer songwriters and one of its finest multi instrumentalists. Without frills or fanfares they have carved a unique niche built on a carefully ...

  2. Mar 24, 2017 · A Show of Hands is an extensive photographic study of the hands of Britain by the photographer Tim Booth, who has turned images of people’s hands into an alternative form of portraiture. He shot his first pair of hands (his then 90 year old grandmother) back in the early nineties.

  3. Show of Hands is an English acoustic roots / folk duo formed in 1986 by singer-songwriter Steve Knightley (guitars, mandolin, mandocello, cuatro) and composer and multi-instrumentalist Phil Beer (vocals, guitars, violin, viola, mandolin, mandocello).

  4. Oct 17, 2015 · What can hands tells you about someone? Tim Booth has been photographing fingers, palms, nails and knuckles for more than 20 years. He says they can reveal much more about a person than you might...

  5. Oct 26, 2015 · UK photographer Tim Booth believes the hands tell a more honest story about what a person has been through than faces. In an extensive photographic study, Booth has turned images of people's hands into an alternative form of portraiture.

  6. Oct 23, 2023 · What more can you say about Show of Hands? Over three decades the West Country alliance of Steve Knightley and Phil Beer has become one of the most inspirational, iconic and best-loved acts in folk roots – a status achieved from wall-to-wall talent, constant connection with their fans and sheer hard work building a unique cottage industry.

  7. Show of Hands is a 2008 romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Anthony McCarten. It stars Melanie Lynskey, Craig Hall, Stephen Lovatt and Matt Whelan. Inspired by true events, the story concerns an endurance competition where the person who can keep their hand on a new car the longest wins the car.

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