Staying at Inis Meain Suites. Delicious dinner last night. Well worth a visit: http://www.inismeain.com

Woke up this morning on Inishmaan, the middle of the three Aran islands and one of my favourite places to be - particularly when the weather is like this! This is the view across Inishmore towards Connemara.

Arrived back in Dublin to find a copy of the latest issue of Thread magazine which includes a feature on yours truly. Great to see such a beautiful magazine coming out of Dublin.

In London for the day working with the maestro: Brian Dowling at BDIMages.

I missed this in the cinema but finally screened it last night and it's excellent. Well worth seeing. McCullin has taken many extraordinary photograhs and speaks so eloquently about his work and his experiences. Much as I admire his war photography I was really impressed by his recent book 'Southern Frontiers - a journey across the Roman Empire' in which he documents the Roman ruins in the Middle East and North Africa - the remnants of the most southern outposts of the Empire. Looking at the pictures makes me want to go there myself. Sadly, it's probably not the time to be visiting Palmyra in Syria nor Leptus Magna in Libya.

I managed to catch the last cinema screening in Dublin of 'The Gatekeepers', a film about the Israel/Palestine situation - post 1967 - as seen through the eyes of six former leaders of Shin Bet - Israel's internal security service. Given the secrecy that surrounds Israel's security, I don't know how the director, Dror Moreh, talked them into taking part, but anyone at all interested in the Israel/Palestine situation should see this. Fascinating to hear these men talk so candidly about their experiences. And their assesments of the situation are quite surprising. A great piece of work.

I was in Belfast today and went to the exhibition 'Northern Ireland: 30 Years of Photography' at Belfast Exposed and The MAC (it's spread across the two venues which are walking distance from each other). It's a mixed bag but all the usual suspects are there including Paul Graham (picture above, from his seminal 'Troubled Land' series). It's running till July 7th.

http://www.belfastexposed.org/exhibitions/?exhibition=132&year=2013&show=

I'm working on a script based on a real life story which took place towards the end of the Irish War of Independence in 1921. As a result, I jump at the opportunity to read any Irish history books that relate to this period or the years leading up to it. I picked up this one in a tourist shop in Kinvara, Co. Clare last weekend and read it over the past few days. Jo Lee is a highly respected Irish historian. He 's also a great writer - which can't be said of all historians - with fascinating insights. This was a joy to read and I was very taken by his definition of modernisation as the growth of equality of opportunity.

Looks like the money ran out!

On a recce in Clare and Galway. I recognise this house from a shoot I did in the Eighties with Zita Lloyd and my niece Jasmine Guinness - her first pictures!