The Simple Things - 04.2020

April BLUEBELL WOODS & TREASURE HUNTS THE SIMPLE THINGS APRIL 2020 94 Taking time to live well KIND Hand-me-down recipes • A ...

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A could-do list Kind Make a beautiful cake on a weekday, just because Become absorbed in a podcast for an hour Pay a stranger a ...

OUR KIND OF ISSUE TheSimpleThings_AprilIssue_GardenTrading.indd 1 06/03/2020 10: Gathering Joining friends on a bluebell walk p ...

PHOTOGRAPHY: CATHERINE FRAWLEY Looking for a particular article? Our index is on page 129. EDITOR LISA SYKES Lisa The garden bir ...

TRADITIONS CAKE IN THE HOUSE Pair cuppas with your cakes as we round up the brews that go best with these afternoon delights » R ...

Tea and oranges are a winning (and warming) teatime combination Tea and oranges are a winning (and warming) teatime combination ...

Fat Rascals: surely one of Yorkshire’s finest exports, after tea Fat Rascals: surely one of Yorkshire’s finest exports, after te ...

There are many brands of chamomile infusion, and you can even create your own with dried chamomile flowers. Whether you go for b ...

EATING WELLTRADITIONS IMAGES: SHUTTERSTOCK LADY GREY TEA WITH RASPBERRY MACARONS Named in honour of Mary Elizabeth Grey, the wif ...

The nation's favourite organic flour, milled from sustainably grown grain for extraordinarily delicious bakes! @dovesfarm / dove ...

April Almanac In the pond... In your foraging bag... Recipe 2 In the sky... 1 In the trees... Cuckoos are traditionally first he ...

MAK E. .. P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P PP P P P P P P P P The Daffodil Mystery by Edgar Wallace. In this 1920 crime novel, a we ...

REROOTED Bringing a little bit of the outside into our lives can help us keep our balance in a world that’s spinning far too fas ...

We would know the laws of some plants, too. Acorns turned into oak trees, conkers became horse chestnuts or at least those that ...

*** Like millions before me, I moved to London to find work. I adapted well. I found comfort in the noise and the anonymity, and ...

Nature writing can provide a much-needed reminder of our link with an intertwined web made up of lichens and limpets, mountains ...

Every Day Nature By Andy Beer (National Trust) Find beauty in accessible, easy-to-discover nature, every day of the year To quie ...

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IF YOU GO DOWN TO THE WOODS TODAY... PACK UP A MOVABLE FEAST, A BLANKET AND HEAD OUT ON A BLUEBELL HUNT Recipes and Photography: ...