Exhibitions to visit

Poppies at the YSP are a huge attraction, too much wallowing in the past instead of facing up to the plight of current victims of war for my taste.

The new exhibition of Bill Viola's work in the Underground Gallery and the Chapel is both stunning and thought provoking.

The next exhibition on my list to visit is Art Textiles at the Whitworth in Manchester.

Way of the Gull

Trying my hand at machine embroidery, I'm hoping to create some backgrounds for the woven bundles, brooding black gulls overshadowing the pretty flowers.