A Fashion shoot with Pixie Geldof at the studio today (Julia Kennedy) for the Independent. I am enjoying observing it all.
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I Want to Marry a Prince.
‘I want to marry a prince.’ A Short Story: Mathilde was nearly 5 years old. Mathilde Had shortish auburn curls. One day Mathilde saw a film about Rapunzel. She loved it. So she asked for a Rapunzel Barbie for her birthday, which she got. For Christmas (which was not long after that) she requested, in […]
READ MOREMum’s Birthday, Perfume and Soup.
I didn’t know how I felt this morning when I woke up. She died almost 4 years ago. On the Birthday before she died I had bought her an audio tape of Jane Eyre, and some watercolours, paper and a paint brush. They all stayed in their wrappers because it was too late. I wanted […]
READ MOREMy latest exhibition: An invite..
Sometimes I work with Anna Magnowska as Supergympie. We have worked together for 12 years. This will be our 4th exhibition. It’s a group exhibition called The Beauty Myth. We have painted a triptich depicting stories from the Old Testament but taken from our own perspectives. the three images are: St Michelle || King David Meets […]
READ MORESchool Rumours: Alan Lord
Another unreasonable ‘fact’ from my old school
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A new School Rumour I heard today from Sarah Johnston:
READ MOREMrs Beeton’s Cookery Book
1913 Edition: Tip 1: Pasta should be cooked for a minimum of 1hr 45minutes.
READ MORELast Day for Tungsten
Today is the last day that the lovely, delicate 60W tungsten bulb will be produced. In their place, only the loud, brash, bossy and garish younger cousin, the everlasting dust catcher, the eco bulb. No more shaking the bulb to see if it works. I will miss it. Won’t you?
READ MOREThe Story of Silk in Browns Window
I have been off blog the for a while. Very busy, but here I am finally. Just finished these windows for Browns on South Moulton Street and Sloane street. Silk is big in Browns this coming season so I wrote 2 little stories about the 4000 year history of silk and did some images based […]
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