19 Oct 2023

 Went for a long walk around meadows and along riversides with Rick. Stopped at Byron's pond? and the Orchard - where lots of famous people spent time.. Virginia Wolf etc. It started raining so we stopped a 'pub' for a coffee. We had leftover quiche and salad when we got home.

In the afternoon, we went to the Fitzwilliam Museum and saw the Black Atlantic exhibition which was drawn from the museum collection and explored/discussed the museum's founders and collections' associations with slavery. There were contemporary and historical representations, artefacts, artworks etc.

We also went through the Real Families exhibition there which explored what a family is and how artists have represented it. It opened with a timeline of changes in law regarding unions, ivf, reproductive rights, adoption, etc in particular an uproar/fear in the 70s stemming from lesbian parents. I think society was genuinely horrified that men would be 'unnecessary'. Hilarious and ironic. The exhibition was great and included some Australian artists (catherine opie, tracey moffatt) and an exploration of queer parents, single parent families, extended families, childless families etc.

We went for dinner at an Arabic place called Little Petra. I had fatteh which was a bowl of yoghurty rice, fried flatbread squares, chunks of chicken, sprinkled with herbs and candied nuts. It was amazing. I also had a lemon and mint drink which looked dubious but was very tasty.

Mo and I played Scrabble. She won the first game, I won the second.

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