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skiier test

just testing something outttt. stay tuned.

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david bowie 2016

ten years ago i woke up to a text from mum:

David Bowie’s dead :’(

it was the last moments of christmas break and i was staying at my aunt’s house. i came down to the kitchen in tears and my aunt sighed sadly and gave me a cup of tea. we all felt it— there was something about David Bowie that felt like ‘ours’.

i cried on and off for the two days before travelling down to London to complete my songwriting course. when I got back to south London I went to the Bowie mural in Brixton, to where people were laying flowers. these are the pictures i took on that day:

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12.01.26

monday

  • uncle got inducted into the supreme court (supreme!!!)

  • he had to swear an oath and sign the ‘oath book’

  • i ate cheese souffle and creme brulee

  • lots of talking and family time

  • the coolest bit was walking towards big ben at 8:15am and being like “we’re going there” (not entirely but the building was in parliament square)

  • my tiny face was on bbc parliament tv you can see me in the background hehehe

(lord ‘doori’ thank you subtitles)

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