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THINGS TO NOTE

AND NOTICE

ILLUSTRATIONS: SHUTTERSTOCK

“The opposite of certainty isn’t

uncertainty. It’s openness and

curiosity...”

Tony Schwartz, The Energy Project

Allow yourself

time to get

absorbed in

something you

really love

over the long

weekend, be it a

long bike ride

or a sewing

project, and

you’ll boost

your mood and

productivity

for the week

ahead.

BUY A CARD

We love Just A Card, a

scheme encouraging

people to buy from

independent shops

and galleries. Check

out justacard.org and

@justacard1 (Twitter

and Instagram).

The festival

season kicks

off this

month with

the Brighton

Festival, a

three-week

cultural

extravaganza

with music,

theatre, dance,

debate and

more. brighton

festival.org

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May

May

NURSERY

SCHOOL

It’s half term at the end of this

month and garden centres

around the UK are holding

special events and offers as

part of National Children’s

Gardening Week. We find

giving them their own patch

or pots is a good motivator

to help (OK, and maybe a

promise of ice-cream).

childrensgardeningweek.

co.uk

HEAR BIRDS

International Dawn

Chorus Day has us

thinking... Can you

imagine spring

mornings without

birdsong? To highlight

the decline in our

wild songbirds, the

RSPB has released

‘Let Nature Sing’,

a meditative single

of pure birdsong to

download. rspb.org.uk

DARK MATTERS

Fancy touring a museumbyca

learning about anaesthetickille

doing a late-nightcityculturecr

Check out what’shappeningnear

15–18 May, museumsatnight.org.uk.

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Compiled by: REBECCA FRANK