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How a notebook helps your mental health

Tanya Barrow — Wed, 13 May 2026 16:39:51 +0000

There’s something oddly comforting about writing things down. Not typing them into a notes app. Not setting another reminder that gets buried beneath twenty others. Actually writing them. Pen on paper. A shopping list. A birthday you mustn’t forget. The prescription you need to collect. An appointment next Thursday at 2.15. “Post parcel”. “Reply to Sarah”. “Buy lightbulbs”. Tiny things, really. And yet somehow those tiny things can become incredibly

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Photography. Anywhere. Anytime

Tanya Barrow — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 15:02:16 +0000

There is something quietly reassuring about knowing you can step outside and just go. No booking, no planning, no particular destination needed. Just you, a bit of time, and something simple enough to carry in your hand. I remember once reading that runners love running because it is so uncomplicated. You lace up your trainers, step out of the front door, and that is it. The world becomes your route.

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Paris in black and white

Tanya Barrow — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 11:05:31 +0000

There is something about Paris that feels like it was always waiting to be seen in black and white. Like colour is almost an interruption, a distraction from what the city is actually doing underneath all that elegance and noise. I took a set of photos there recently and I keep going back to them more than I expected to. Not because they are technically perfect or because I nailed anything particularly

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Film Review — DubbleFilm Jelly

Tanya Barrow — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 15:21:40 +0000

Every now and then a roll of film comes along that reminds you why film photography is fun in the first place. Not technically perfect, not particularly sensible, but full of character. That was exactly my experience shooting a roll of Dubblefilm Jelly recently on a trip to Wales. Jelly is one of those films that doesn’t try to behave itself. The colours lean heavily into pinks, reds and magentas,

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Ding Dong Dim Sum — A review (AD)

Tanya Barrow — Sat, 31 Jan 2026 12:07:00 +0000

Sometimes a dinner arrives that you suspect might be a bit of a faff. Lots of packets, lots of instructions, and a vague sense that it will all end up being more work than just ordering a takeaway. That was slightly my expectation when a dinner box from Ding Dong Dim Sum arrived to try, along with one of their bamboo steamer baskets. The concept is simple enough. Instead of ordering dim

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Photography and me in 2026

Tanya Barrow — Sun, 04 Jan 2026 17:09:10 +0000

Photography crept up on me quietly. It did not arrive with a grand announcement or a shiny new identity. It just slipped into my life and started rearranging the furniture. Not the physical stuff, but the way I move through the world, the way I notice things, the way I feel about being here at all. Before photography, days were often something to get through. Lists, obligations, noise. I moved

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Silverstone Lap of Lights (AD)

Tanya Barrow — Sat, 13 Dec 2025 14:00:21 +0000

I was sent some press tickets for Silverstone’s Lap of Lights, and a friend went along for me as we were deep in helping my MIL move house. And if you know anything about me you will know how gutted I was not to be able to drive around the iconic Silverstone circuit. Especially after my trip round the Isle of Man circuit in September! I hadn’t quite known what to

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Film Reviews — Kodacolor 200

Tanya Barrow — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 11:13:09 +0000

When Kodak brought Kodacolor back this year, the name made everyone do a double take. People expected a revival of the classic family film that lived inside every point and shoot camera at birthday parties and days out. But this new Kodacolor is not that film resurrected. It is a brand new stock built from motion picture technology, the same world that gives us that rich Kodak cinema look everyone

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The Bush Hotel, Farnham, a review (ad)

Tanya Barrow — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 15:00:29 +0000

There is something quietly brilliant about the Bush Hotel in Farnham that takes a minute to appreciate. Maybe it is because it hides behind that unassuming arch on the high street. Maybe it is because locals tend to stroll past without ever thinking of it as somewhere they might actually stay. But once you have spent a night there, you realise it offers exactly the kind of easy comfort and

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Film Reviews — Fujifilm 200

Tanya Barrow — Sun, 07 Sep 2025 07:57:00 +0000

I took my new Canon EOS 3 out for its first proper roll with Fujifilm 200 in Farnham. I only had half an hour, but I wanted to see how this film would behave with the camera I had just bought on eBay. Buildings, bunting, and stone walls, all the things I love to photograph, became my focus. Fujifilm 200 is a gentle, approachable colour film. It’s not overly saturated,

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Film Reviews — Kodak Tri X 400

Tanya Barrow — Sat, 06 Sep 2025 08:34:00 +0000

My first roll of Kodak Tri-X 400 was shot in a mix of places: a polo match on a crisp afternoon, wandering the streets of London, and a quiet visit to my mum’s. I wanted to see how this classic black and white film would handle such different light and settings, and how it would respond in the Konica camera I had recently bought in Sweden. Tri-X 400 has a

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Film Reviews — Agfa 400

Tanya Barrow — Fri, 05 Sep 2025 08:13:00 +0000

I started my first roll of Agfacolor 400 in the garden, mostly as a test to see what it would do. I wasn’t expecting much, just wanted to see the colours and the grain, and get a feel for shooting film on the camera I picked up on a whim when I had serious FOMO surrounded by film camera lovers in Sweden. Agfa 400 is a classic black and white

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