Hello, How are you? Perhaps, like us, you would enjoy hearing something positive today, so in this post we're looking at a little reason to be cheerful. As fashion historian and writer Amber Butchart explains in this interesting article, the pandemic could have an unexpected result: "a future for the fashion world that prioritises care,…
Hello, As the saying goes, a friend is one of the nicest things you can have and one of the best things you can be. So, we'd like to say thank you to all our regular readers and welcome to those who have just joined us. We are so happy that you are here. We're…
Hello, We hope that you and yours are all safe and well. Today we're going to look at a very simple way to help organisations that do good work - talk about them! Since March this year, many charities and non-profit companies have suffered a huge loss of income because of the pandemic, so now…
Hello, How are you? Welcome to the first of our new series of shorter posts featuring ideas for making life a little bit better. Today we're starting with something very simple - drinking more water! The composition of our bodies is 60% water and we all probably know by now that drinking enough of it…
Hello, First of all, a big thank you to The Patternistas for the wonderful image which tops today's post. It's been appearing on billboards and poster sites locally to cheer us up. Does life feel 'familiar, yet strangely new' where you are? It was how Ian Skelly, who presents on Radio 3 in the UK, described being…
