Coco

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Product lead in UK gov. Principal percussionist of The Flowers Band (European Champions ‘26). Prolific knitter. She/her

A newspaper clipping. I’m stood in the centre of frame, aged 6 or 7 wearing my school uniform. Next to me are two adults dressed in traditional African clothing and holding hand drums
A cut view of the cake showing the layers of cake, fruit and crumble
A crumble topped cake cooling in its tin
Three women are sat on a stage at Cheltenham science festival, speaking on the topic of “A Better Period”
A grey fluffy cat fast asleep on her side on a bed
Dressed up in a pink and orange dress and matching fascinator in front of Buckingham Palace
An invitation addressed to me to attend a Royal Garden Party at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday
A very smiley percussion team with our collection of silverware
Steven Meads review gives us 199.5 out of 200 points, and says “Composer Oliver Waespi will never have a better world premiere of any work he composes”
An excerpt from the 4barsrest review. “This was one of the most sensational contest performances I have ever heard at a brass band contest”
Smiley selfie with a printed essay
An envelope with a franking mark from Buckingham Palace
Sourdough bread, chorizo cubes, halved cherry tomatoes, a fried egg and lots of olive oil
Gardens full of a variety of daffodils. In the background is a rococo-style decorative archway, painted white, glowing in the sunshine
Smiling holding a large shield in front of a west of England regional championships banner
Looking down over the beach at Torquay. The sky is blue with horizontal clouds. At the forefront is the grey stone wall that separates the walkway from the beach
A drop down menu for sex on a website booking form. The two select options are ‘bad’ and ‘female’
I’m wearing a red jumper with a large crochet circle resembling a tunnock’s tea cake safety pinned to the front
A circular piece of freestyle crochet resembling a Tunnocks tea cake is attached to a red jumper with safety pins
A crochet circle in red and white rings with a white star in the middle
A green seed tray. 14 squares have a circular coconut soil dots
A screenshot from Patrick Grant’s instagram stories. It shows a picture of Stephen from BBC’s The Traitors, with the caption ‘delighted to confirm that yes, Stephen is my love child’
View from the main stand at kingsholm stadium
A kitten has climbed up inside my jumper and stuck his head out of the neck hole and looked directly at camera. He has the distinctively Devon Rex large ears. He is mostly ginger, although his face is split down the middle half ginger and half white
A paiste brand tam tam
The cover story of this month’s New Scientist magazine is: “the power of deep rest. How do boost your energy and health using your body’s ’safe mode’ “
A grey British shorthair sat on a sofa, giving a side eye look to the camera
A golden brown turkey in a silver foil tray
A fluffy grey cat is lying down on carpeted stairs. She rolls around, rubbing her head on the stairs and extends her paws towards the camera
A 4x6 grid of photos, all pictures of a grey/blue cat
A British blue shorthair cat with orange eyes lying on her side on a duvet
View up to the ceiling of York minster. In the foreground on the right is a suspended ring of foliage with four advent candles. On the left side is the organ. Up above in the background is the ceiling of the tower
A photo taken from the balcony at the Bristol Beacon. A band of 8 people are on stage partly concealed by haze, with a large ‘Lawrence’ sign overhead. The ground floor are standing and their faces are lit by the stage lights
A list of the 12 competing bands from Australia, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Belgium, USA, England, Japan, Austria, Scotland, Wales and New Zealand
A park bench with an inscription in italic gold font in French
A smiley selfie in the sun, sat at a table outside a Parisian bistro
A group of 30 musicians on the stage of the royal Albert hall standing and smiling at the audience at the end of a performance
An A board with chalk pen writing. An arrow pointing right to ‘nice drinks’. An arrow pointing forward to ‘bears’. And a comment ‘dunno, why risk it?’
View of the auditorium of the royal Albert hall
View up through the canopy of a birch tree. Some of the leaves are still green, some have turned yellow. The low sun is shining through the branches
A black and white cat lying on a bed with his eyes closed, stretching out his front legs so his paws sit on my left hand
View over a park in the sunshine. There’s a large lawn in the foreground with a variety of tree species and benches around the edges
A university of Exeter name badge with my name on, on top of a notebook with pink ink handwriting
A smiley selfie in the sunshine with blue skies, grass banks and a tall hedge behind me
Two stickers on a laptop. One says “Homes for Ukraine, rapid digital response, spring 2022” with an image of a sunflower. The other says “mission accomplished: share homes for Ukraine data” with a cartoon image of a fox and a cow
A very large gold shield awarded to the winners of the British Open Championship
A hand embroidered hoop of a formula 1 helmet. It’s the red and white helmet of Ferrari with number 16 for Charles le Clerc
Two bowls of cherry tomatoes, a mix of purple and yellow varieties
Cross section of a piece of focaccia with lots of air bubbles and half a yellow cherry tomato in the top
A paperback copy of ‘The Satsuma Complex’ by Bob Mortimer. The front cover has a large cartoon picture of a satsuma with the silhouette of a squirrel
A screenshot from BBC News with a headline ‘JD Vance and Philip in Cotswolds’
A screenshot from vinted, the app that allows users to sell second-hand goods. This is an advert from seller @littlemyholly for a pair of dungarees. The dungarees are attached to a Danny Devito cardboard with washing pegs, in such a manner it appears that Mr Devito is wearing them
View up at a stage. There’s a rock and roll band playing on a stage, and man crouched stage right taking photographs. That man is my Dad
Sourdough toast, fried egg, chorizo, homegrown purple cherry tomatoes marinated in olive oil and basil
Six black cherry tomatoes in a plastic tub. I’ve picked them before they’re fully ripe so they can ripen on the window sill
Me standing with three delegates around a drum kit
The interior of an empty pub. The England v Italy women’s euros game is on the TV
A notebook with ‘induction - 22nd July’ written in pink ink handwriting. Behind is a laptop with a ‘think out loud’ sticker
A chapter title from a book, viewed on a iPad screen. It’s entitled: “Chapter 3: I Promise to be Bold and Vulnerable”. The “and” is written in italics for emphasis
A garlic and cheese foccacia just out of the oven