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A new art exhibition draws links between two islands more than 6,000 miles (9,700km) apart.

Created by artist Gayle Chong Kwan, A Pocket Full of Sand explores the historical and contemporary connections between Mauritius and the Isle of Wight.

Ms Chong Kwan, who is of Chinese Mauritian and Scottish heritage, said the connections between the two islands – ranging from military links to geological ones – “have proved really interesting”.

The exhibition runs at the John Hansard Gallery in Southampton until Saturday 11 May.

The display includes moving images, photography and sculpture, the gallery said.

It also includes an exhibit where members of the public are encouraged to eat a sugar lump to get the “sensory sort of taste aspect” from the exhibition, Ms Chong Kwan said.

“It might leave a slightly bitter taste when they think about the different sort of complex histories,” she said.