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13th March 2019 • 0 Comments Kerala – serendipidity on Marari beach

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Fiona Dunlop is a seasoned travel and food-writer who has been ‘abroad’ for much of her life. She doesn’t count countries but aims to dig deep beneath the surface of the places she visits. Food has increasingly become her focus, without forgetting art, architecture and design. Andalucia (Spain) is her second home, but French her second language!

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Temperatures dive so let’s pretend it’s summer

Temperatures dive so let’s pretend it’s summer! Today’s lunch: chargrilled courgettes in olive oil, baby red peppers stuffed with goat cheese, sun dried toms, black olives & avo - pas mal
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#tastyspread #lightlunch #throwittogethermonday #mediterraneanplate #dreamon #londonlife

Back to the elevated pergola, an Edwardian folly h

Back to the elevated pergola, an Edwardian folly hidden in the woods on the north side of Hampstead Heath. Last time we went it was just post lockdown & deserted, today pretty full so this pic is a miracle!
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#pergola #hampsteadheath #walkway #climbingplants #breathoffreshair #londonlife

Fresh summery lunch @debeauvoirarms - an ace pea (

Fresh summery lunch @debeauvoirarms - an ace pea (& pods), mint & mozarella salad plus a salmorejo, normally my fave Andalucían chilled soup with jamón & egg.
Now I love the ambition but sadly it didn’t work - too much vinegar - & tomatoes not up to those juicy Spanish ones.
Ah well, the English cider hit the spot & service excellent - can’t have it all
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#summerlunch #gastropub #peasalad #mozarella #salmorejo #tomatosoup #lunchinthesun #londonlife

Wish I’d discovered this local restaurant @ittol

Wish I’d discovered this local restaurant @ittolondon before - fantastic range of pan Asian offerings from dim sum to Japanese & Vietnamese. Four of us had a feast of small plates - but tricky candlelit photos. Helpful service & good prices - a winner!
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#asianfood #asianrestaurant #dimsum #hagau #shreddedduck #itto #stroudgreen #londonlife

Wonderful to see Amal again, the beautiful puppet

Wonderful to see Amal again, the beautiful puppet embodying every refugee - after walking thousands of miles she’s now in Leeds & shown on Channel 4 news with her creator, the Palestinian theatre director Amir Nizar Zuabi.
So telling, so human, so poignant
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#worldrefugeeday #amal #syrianrefugee #puppet @channel4news

So what’s this all about? Oddly confusing stunt

So what’s this all about? Oddly confusing stunt for this new play @royalcourttheatre. Not allowed to open the programme envelope (confidential) till after the play & all reviews embargoed till Sunday. Nonetheless it was a very clever play about activism - won’t say more
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#thatisnotwhoiam #play #incognitoplaywright #confidentialprogramme #wineinthebar #royalcourttheatre #londonlife

Scenes from a gallery. White Cube on an empty midw

Scenes from a gallery. White Cube on an empty midweek. But Gursky’s latest sublime works (2019- 2020 - now) easily filled the magnificent void
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#whitecubegallery #contemporaryart #andreasgursky #photoworks #spottheflamingoes #bermondsey #londonlife

Perfect hot day lunch - watermelon, feta, black ol

Perfect hot day lunch - watermelon, feta, black olives & pumpkin seed salad - one of @arabicalondon ‘s ace meze. Always 😋
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#watermelonsalad #meze #arabica #boroughmarket #lunchonahotday #londonlife

A leafy meander through the private gardens of Cle

A leafy meander through the private gardens of Clerkenwell, so rich in history & a great time of year too - @nationalgardenscheme
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#gardens #opengardens #charity #blooms #pergola #arumlilies #roses #summergardens #englishgardens #clerkenwell #londonlife

Surprising north London poppies 😳 : : #poppies

Surprising north London poppies 😳
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#poppies #redisthecolour #treepit #scarlet #wildflowers #londonlife

Here’s a change from my usual food / travel / ar

Here’s a change from my usual food / travel / art posts - a dive back into history, specifically Finlands Winter War of 1939/40 when the Soviets invaded. As in Spain there was an International Brigade - for which my father volunteered. Here he is on the far right.
Many shades of Ukraine today - do look it up & read this surprising story! @newstatesman
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#winterwar #finland #russianinvasion #worldwar2 #volunteer #internationalbrigade #bonardunlop #historyrepeatsitself

Just saved this while serving to photograph … a

Just saved this while serving to photograph … a true Eton Mess!
Love that combination of whipped cream, broken meringue, strawberries plus added mint 😋😋😋
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#etonmess #summerdinner #notajubileetrifle #meringue #strawberries #londonlife

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