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ILLUSTRATION: SHUTTERSTOCK

"Joy is the simplest form

of gratitude"

Karl Barth, Swiss theologian

It’s Burns

Night and it’s

Friday, so at

the very least

don a spot of

tartan and enjoy

a dram or two.

Pondering or

embarking on

Dry January?

New book Sober

Curious by Ruby

Warrington

and website

clubsoda.co.uk

offers

light-hearted

support.

1

January

HAPPY HOUR

Spend an hour

counting the birds

that land in your

garden or park this

weekend as part

of the Big Garden

Birdwatch. Enter your

results and find out

more at rspb.org.uk/

birdwatch. (Our

Identifier on page 123

can help.)

LAUGH IT BETTER

Cheer up Blue Monday with a comedy

night. The Vault festival in south London is

billed as the capital’s Edinburgh Fringe.

From 23 January; vaultfestival.com.

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January

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January

FRESH (^) | JANUARY THINGS
THINGS TO NOTE
AND NOTICE
Januaryyis the month for an evening of comedy,spotting garden
birds and shaking up dinner timee
Compiled by: REBECCA FRANK
GIVING BACK
January is a tough month
for many – donate warm
clothes and sleeping
bags to local homeless
shelters (find one via
shelter.org.uk) and don’t
forget your foodbank.
HAVE AN
ADMIN DAY
Write thank you notes
and fill in new calendars
and diaries. Note expiry
dates of any Christmas
vouchers and delight in
a job well done.