Old music and four other finds

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New year, same old you

Forget fad diets, gym memberships and resolutions. The Guardian has complied 100 ways to slightly improve your life without really trying!

 
A pregnant woman with dark hair sits on the edge of a bed in a dimly lit room, looking out a window, with a lamp and framed artwork visible in the background.

Image: Still from The Ballad of Cleopatra

Old music

Having watched a ton of live music on Youtube recently this popped up as a recommendation. Whether you’re a fan of the Lumineers or not, their short film, “The Ballad of Cleopatra” from 2017 is well worth half an hour of your time.

 
Silhouettes of people viewing an immersive art installation featuring a projected image of Frida Kahlo in a room with floral patterns projected on the walls and floor.

Image: Still from “Life and Work of Frida Kahlo” at The Reel Store

Digital art experience

The UK’s first permanent digital art gallery The Reel Store, is now open in Coventry. Their current exhibition is an immersive trip into the “Life and Work of Frida Kahlo” and is expertly created and highly recommended.

 
Two plates of golden-brown, breaded fishcakes, one cut open to reveal a creamy white filling, garnished with fresh herbs and served on patterned plates with forks, against a blurred background.

Image: © Dyslexia Scotland

Winter warmer

These melt-in-the-middle potato cakes from Root Zero look like a perfect winter treat (Via Small Island Big City).

 
Laundry hanging on a clothesline in a rural setting, with shirts and underwear drying against a backdrop of a green field and a dense forest.

Image: © Helga Stentzel

Smart art

Helga Stentzel’s smart artworks are right up our street. Her playful use of the mundane to create clothesline creatures is a joy.

 

Studio news

Creative Christmas mail-out

As the remains of the Christmas cheeses are guilty devoured and we send that final ‘Happy New Year’ email greeting, we thought we’d share our last project of 2022. Building on the success of Yarn’s previous creative Christmas gift we were tasked to create another prose filled post-out.

 

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