What’s it like to work with one of your heroes? With someone who has inspired you? Someone who has influenced the way you see? This month I have found out…

Joyful art from David Hockney, a very goodJoyful art from David Hockney, a very good idea from Andy Foster, ditching the Echo Chamber, be human and make networking easy, reusing buildings and don’t take boring photographs.

Kazuo Ishiguro writes about an Artificial Friend, a beautiful new gallery in Berlin, Sally M Fox shows her workings out, Text Sniper - a simple app that saves time, 40 years since Heaven Up Here and photos by Bas Loosekoot.

Design is humanity’s best friend. Exhibitions I can’t wait to see. Wise words from Tim LeRoy, Kevin Kelly and Roald Dahl; wise thoughts from Seneca and Albert Camus. Time to ditch Gmail and time to visit Bristol Photo Festival.

Marketing tips for small business, bland corporate speak from Abrdn, John Cleese on creativity, Dave Trott on strategy, Giles Turnbull on monochrome and some new rosé from Dunleavy Vineyards.

The Red Hand Files, a beautiful designed website which will help you count down the days to when you can see your friends again; post-war design classics of the Land Rover Defender and Olivetti typewriters; and some hand-written notes on photography made by Tony Ray-Jones.

Cole Shafer on why being good isn't the point, the branding of Story Café, why I photograph, two quotes from James Clear, being one percent better and how SEO is gentrifying the internet.

“I take photographs in my neighbourhood. I think that mysterious things happen in familiar places. We don’t always need to run to the other end of the world.” Saul Leiter