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Film Review: ‘McQueen’

14/05/2018 by Ali Clifford

Film Review: ‘McQueen’ The McQueen Tapes The brilliant, tortured designer Alexander McQueen in documentary delight. “I bought all my fabrics with my Dole Money”. McQueen (known to friends and family by his given name, Lee) rose to fame in London of the 1990s, as I had finished art school and was heading into my own …

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What do normal people do? Plan your week’s meals

What do normal people do? Plan your week’s meals? Or wing it? it’s midday, do you know what you are having for supper tonight? ...asking for a friend…

I’ve reluctantly taken over the family cooking during the week as it’s my turn to be “chef”… (freelance-life, whoever is working from home - does the Mon-Fri cooking - gah 🥴)

I’ve always found cooking/meal planning a bit of a challenge, being the only veggie in the house, but with youngest non-legume-lover teen off at Uni it now means I can cook with 🫘 beans.

Amelia @boldbeanco supportively sent me some QUEEN Carlin Peas in a jar - in fact this is what two jars ready for the oven looks like… (you might know them as Parched Peas if you are from Lancashire).

Good news for me, the @hodmedods x @BoldBeanCo jars arrived in time for Paul to cook at the weekend (hooray!) so for #SustainableSeptember it’s sticky aubergine, crispy British-grown Carlin Peas, garlicky yoghurt with chimichurri, for a barbecue with friends.

I watched, and tried to take photos so that I know what to do when it’s my turn to make it, needless to say I wasn’t paying attention so I’ve saved the recipe and it’s in my bio if you’d like to have a go with me too. It WAS delicious 🫘

What’s for dinner tonight?
I need some more #beanspo!
Big love
Ali x

#beanspo #BritishBeans 🇬🇧 @hodmedods

👩‍🌾 supporting British farmers
🌱 supporting British soils
🔒 enhancing food security in the UK

🫘 #organicfarming #OrganicSeptember #MealPlanning #BeansForDinner #lovepulses #yespeas #beansishow #pulses #plantprotein #eatmorebeans #carlinpeas #gifted #FairtoFarmersCharter (link in bio to petition - Reform the Grocery Supply Code of Practice to better protect farmers)

Yikes - it’s felt less summery today, so, quick

Yikes - it’s felt less summery today, so, quick before the sunshine disappears - a little Thursday Throwback dedication (do we still do that?) me, wearing this cute @attique.studio co-ord made from end of line seersucker; to visit the King of the Castle with my dear friend @natasha.taneka 👑

It was so hot, even with a parasol, so I may or may not have fainted slightly and not actually SEEN the royals as they paraded by in the procession of the Most Noble Order of The Garter - the marching band were great though! 🎺

Oh, and the gardens at the castle are lovely - I’ll share on my stories :) along with the marching band, like a proper tourist 🥁😂

Big love
Ali x

#seersucker #slowfashion #slowfashionmovement #endoflinefabric #coordfashion #coordset #coord #ethicalclothing #independentfashion #ecotextiles #sustainabletextiles #sustainableseptember #LFW #sustainablefashion #sgiew #windsorcastle

Self Care Sunday - Kipper 🐾 style. Clearly fee

Self Care Sunday - Kipper 🐾 style.
Clearly feeling a bit better, thank you for the really lovely, kind messages, he seems to be on the mend - more himself today, nothing like a good spit-wash on the sofa. 🛁

Hope you’re all having a happy Sunday,
I’m just popping out to buy some fabric dye, as you do.

Big love
Ali x

#SelfCareSunday #KipperTheCat
#CatsOfInstagram #SuperSlowLiving #sgiew
#sgiew_repair

Evening - Finally having a weekend in London after

Evening - Finally having a weekend in London after WEEKS away - glad to be home tbh, and catching up with all of this - afternoon sunlight and Kipper, and A’level results 🐾, had a little play with the @instagram video editing tools : needless to say; delighted to have been double-page-spread featured in the @stoneandsagecurated magazine @prelovedmagazine - massive thank you Sophie and also @janiceissitt_life_style for suggesting me - and using one of my darning images on your beautiful spread too 🧵🪡

Big Saturday love
Off to a @chickpeaman888 BBQ, Ali x

Also featured @trove1489 @hedgewild @french_atelier_antiques @hollyblocks @colinherberthowell @sonya_the_product_consultant @yarmouth_oilskins @ingloss.skies @no.4vintage @emmaperringpaintings who have I missed?!

#sgiew_repair #sgiew #preloved #prelovedhome #preloveddecor #prelovedlife #prelovedlifestyle #prelovedcreative #sustainability #sustainablefashion #sustainableart #sustainablelifestyle #sustainablehome #sustainabledesign #photography #nautical #nauticalstyle #norfolkcoast #positivewellbeing #curatedvintage #carefullycurated #creativeindustry #caturday

Summer came to say hello today. We went mulberry

Summer came to say hello today.

We went mulberry picking and made a cake - nice.

And today’s reel is about last week’s adventures, and very much about food (and edible flowers).

Every @fforest meal was amazing and there is just so much flora and fauna, the well-kept Kitchen Gardens and poly tunnels. It’s just all too much to take in and photograph, so it’s just a small selection of the delights of the edible treats that we have enjoyed at fforest gather 2023.

And happy birthday to Bronwen the fforest garden elf 🌿

#kitchengarden #gardenrooms #edibleflowers #fforestgather #familyholiday #familyfestival #organicfood #visitwales gardens by @coldatnight @bronwen10 @danny.simm and @brookaurora_ 🌿

What a wonderful week away in Wales with my sis Pa

What a wonderful week away in Wales with my sis Pam at @fforestgather 2023, where we were teaching a nature and wool craft workshop: the kids (& their grown-ups) did a brilliant job with their rainbow sticks, nature weaving, stone wrapping and PomPom making. Have a little swipe through to have a look…
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I also thoroughly enjoyed ably (🥴) assisting my dear friend Amanda’s @amandabanhamceramics needle felting and @woodlandpackcompany Fran’s cuttlefish and clay jewellery workshops. I’ve learnt a lot… (including drilling into pewter…thankfully no video of that… but will share some of those beautiful fireside creations in a reel later in the week)
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Thank you to Gemma @gemmatrickeystudio for inspiring me to have a go at linocut printing (more on that in the next post) and Jon and Nick Hand for the encouragement 😂🐾 And Andy @finelinedesignemporium and @graeme_raeburn for helping me with upscaling my Vinted denim purchase with a buzzy bee heat press print 🐝
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Big love to @fforest & Sian @coldatnight for such a fabulous week x
Oh and 📸 thank you wonderful Rachel @rzeraschi for the sister pic 🧡 and @thequietheart’s daughter for the 🪡needle felting 🐧 skills support :-)
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On with Monday,
Kisses
Ali x
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#fforestgather #fforestcrafts #familyfestival
#visitWales #needlefelting #natureweaving

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