50 small celebrations

A year long birthday party, in 50 easy pieces

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120 minutes, Amal Mahmoodian at the Photographers Gallery. Dreaming in exile. Poetic and beautiful.

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Highlights from the superb Photo Prize exhibition at the Photographers Gallery - this year has been the most powerful, intriguing, important group of artists and work yet. Had to visit three times to do it justice and take it all in. Still a few days to vireo if you’ve not seen it yet.

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Self portrait from found objects - 15 minute challenge set by Jo Hunter in her new Creative Club which started this week. Many of these things were already in place in my studio, I just had to rearrange them a little…

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Thunder and dark skies on the way to see Tuner on the big screen - thinking about piano keys and chaos and perfection

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Starting June in the appropriately named June8 - a sunny lunch with mum and lovely boyfriend, sharing leek and yoghurt soup, bulgur salad and a tuna melt

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Scallops and agretti for supper

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I finally had time to pick up my Indie x Indie book of the month from brilliant independent bookshop Backstory (excellent coffee too). Indie x Indie is a great subscription service where the choices take me out of my usual reading selections. Looking forward to seeing where this month’s pick will take me!

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All the books I read in May

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Flowers in my window box, flowers in my hair. May coming to a close with the curtain call of a rare micro blue moon (no photo but it was spectacular)

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Catherine Opie at the National Portrait Gallery

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Green apple and cucumber gazpacho, fattoush and noodle salad in the garden at Home cafe - so many flavours, colours and textures.

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French strawberry tart at the French Tarte

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Andalusian almond soup, olive oil, grapes

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Hot weather survival kit

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Katherine Jones at Rabley Gallery at the London Original Print Fair - if only I had wall space (and budget) for these

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Highlights from last week at the London Original Print Fair: Ken Kiff

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My favourite bar. Lou always makes the most beautiful coffee.