Small Ways To Live Well from The Simple Things

• Golden Days - Episode 1 - SAVOUR

  Today our theme is SAVOUR and we’re advocating letting summer linger on as long as possible, savouring the tastes, fruits and flowers of the season, finding holiday habits to carry on with and appreciating things to treasure. Hosted by The Simple Things’ Editor Lisa Sykes and Wellbeing Editor Rebecca FrankIf you are in the UK, you can try an immediate start subscription to the The Simple Things and receive the current issue straight away. Or buy current and back issues hereEditing by Dhylyn Foster. Music by Arthur Cosslett. SHOW NOTESOn the blogFig and goat’s cheese bundles Search ‘What I treasure’ on the blog for some of our published pieces from readers on a belonging that means a lot to them.To readReading Between The Lines by Emma Bache (Quercus)In The Simple ThingsFrom the September issueNew herbal non-alcoholic tipples series beginsHandwriting and why it is good for you Buy the September issue here From the October issueHome Economics: Koromagae and clothes care when you switch from summer to winter.Buy the October issue at picsandink.com from 18 September and on the newsstand from 24 September. In September 2024 issue – 147 Appreciating your garden at dawn, day and duskIn August 2025 issue – 158 Kitchen therapy: figs, blackberries, plums and damsons From The Simple Things Anthology Volume 4: A Year of CelebrationsVineyard harvest supperDahlias

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• Magical Midsummer - Epsiode 6 MAGICAL

  It’s the final episode of our magical midsummer season and today all three of the Small Ways to Live Well podcast hosts have come together to talk about the most magical moments of this special time of year. Join Lisa Sykes (editor, The Simple Things), Becs Frank (Wellbeing editor) and Jo Tinsley (regular contributor and author of The Slow Traveller) as we discuss midsummer feasts and rituals, wonderful places to enjoy the solstice, the art of storytelling, and how dreams help us process emotions (and how to decode them).  If you are in the UK, you can choose an immediate start subscription to the The Simple Things and receive the current issue straight away. Or buy current and back issues hereEditing and music by Arthur CosslettOn the blog:Midsommartårta (midsummer strawberry cake) recipeLemon basil spritzer recipeWild midsummer cocktails  To read:Decode Your Dreams: Unlock your unconscious and transform your waking life by Ian Wallace (White Lion Publishing)Lucid dreaming – find out more about directing your dreams in our wellbeing bookazine, Flourish (Volume 3) buy it hereThe Slow Traveller : An intentional path to mindful adventures by Jo Tinsley  In The Simple ThingsFrom the June SOAR issue (156)Midsummer short story writing competition To celebrate National Flash Fiction Day this month we’re launching our search for your best short stories, themed around ‘The Longest Day'. Send your entry of 300 words max to [email protected] the heading MIDSUMMER MICROFICTION. Closing date 31 July. Full details in our June issueWhat happens at Stonehenge? Read about this and other seasonal ideas including making a fairy-lit garden room in our monthly AlmanacBuy June issue here and on the newsstand until 24 June In the July FRUIT issue (157) Tomato leaf martini – a fabulously fragrant summer tippleSleepless in summer – how to get the rest you need in the warmest monthsMagical creatures: Purple emperor butterfliesSubscribers will receive the July issue from 20 June when pre-orders will also open at picsandink.com or you can buy on the newsstand from the 25 June. Find out how to subscribe hereCheck out The Simple Things Anthology Volume 4: A Year of Celebrations for any excuse to celebrate with the food, flowers and decorations for every occasion 

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• Magical Midsummer - Epsiode 5 SLOW

  Welcome to Episode 5 of our Magical Midsummer season in the Small Ways to Live Well podcast from The Simple Things magazine. Join Editor Lisa Sykes and and Jo Tinsley, a regular contributor to the magazine and also, very appropriately, author of The Slow Traveller, as we discuss all things SLOW from taking our time to savour summer fruits and learning how to enjoy the fruits of our labours to working out the best ways to while away a summer afternoon. Plus, we’ll be sharing some wise advice on travelling slowly. If you are in the UK, you can choose an immediate start subscription to the The Simple Things and receive the current issue straight away. Or buy current and back issues hereEditing and music by Arthur CosslettOn the blogRecipe: Ploughman's sconesIce cube herbsIce cube aftersun  To readThe Slow Traveller: An intentional path to mindful adventures by Jo Tinsley Ernest journal Things to doBlack Girls Do Run In The Simple ThingsFrom the June SOAR issue (156)Looking Back: Radio Times. Whether the Top 40 or Desert Island Discs, we tune into the programmes that have ruled the airwaves – and our hearts – over the last 100 years Kitchen Therapy: Take it outside. Lottie Stories shows us how to make Blossom Ice CubesWisdom: A question of sport. Long, light days encourage us to get outside and get moving, just like these women, who you’ll find doing what they love across the UK’s paths and roads, bridleways and waters. Competition: Put pen to paper. To celebrate National Flash Fiction Day this month we’re launching our search for your best short stories, themed around ‘The Longest Day'. Send your entry of 300 words max to [email protected] the heading MIDSUMMER MICROFICTION. Closing date 31 July. Full details in our June issueBuy June issue here and on the newsstand until 24 JuneSubscribers will receive the July issue from 20 June when pre-orders will also open at picsandink.com or you can buy on the newsstand from the 25 June. 

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• Magical Midsummer - Epsiode 4 CAREFREE

  You’ve arrived at Episode 4 in our Magical Midsummer season of the Small Ways to Live Well podcast from The Simple Things magazine. Join Lisa Sykes, editor of the magazine and Jo Tinsley, a regular contributor and author of The Slow Traveller. The loose theme for this episode is carefree because if you can’t feel a little bit frivolous and ditch a few chores and responsibilities around midsummer, then when can you?So think of us as your suggestion box this week, an audible prompt to try things you haven’t done for years, wear something out of the ordinary or take a trip. We’ll also be celebrating festivals and tiny campsites, appreciating a magical creature as we have every episode this season and sharing a few moments of magic that will hopefully inspire you to capture your own.If you are in the UK, you can choose an immediate start subscription to the The Simple Things and receive the current issue straight away. Or buy current and back issues hereEditing and music by Arthur CosslettOn the blog;Camping Truths: Camping is full of highs and lows but somehow it’s always worth it. Here, some of the Simple Things team share some of their most memorable camping moments.  To read:The Slow Traveller : An intentional path to mindful adventures by Jo Tinsley Tiny Campsites: 80 Small but Perfect Places to Pitch by Dixe WillsMini Quilting by Laura Strutt Things to do & make The Big Retreat Festival, Pembrokeshire Weekend Project: Pass holderand Belt bago or pouch templateGreener Camping ClubNearly Wild Camping In The Simple Things:From the June SOAR issue (156)My Living: The Festival. Amber Lort-Phillips on the realities of running a festivalWearing Well: Bucket Hats. More stories of the clothes we love!Buy June issue here and on the newsstand until 24 JuneSubscribers will receive the July issue from 20 June when pre-orders will also open at picsandink.com or you can buy on the newsstand from the 25 June. Find out how to subscribe hereThe Simple Things Anthology Volume 4: A Year of CelebrationsAny excuse to celebrate with the food, flowers and decorations for every occasion and ways to mark the seasonCountry shows: A day out with animal, vegetable and mineral appeal.  In previous issues of The Simple Things (back issues are available to buy here)Out

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• Magical Midsummer - Epsiode 3 SHINE

  Promise and Possibilities In the third episode of our magical midsummer season, Rebecca Frank, Wellbeing Editor of The Simple Things, and Jo Tinsley, regular contributor and author of The Slow Traveller are celebrating the first day of summer and the things that make us shine at this time of year. Join us on a nostalgic trip to the British seaside, pick up some useful knowledge for growing your own pick of salad ingredients in pots and hanging baskets, and take some wise advice from our pick of wellbeing books for different times of life. If you are in the UK, you can choose an immediate start subscription to the The Simple Things and receive the current issue straight away. Or buy current and back issues here Editing and music by Arthur CosslettOn the blogBBQ sides – because it’s all about the side dishes and pickles reallyBroad bean guacamole and kohlrabi slawSalty dill cucumbers To read or listen to Yoga for Stiff Birds by Marion Deuchars (Skittledog) – we feature a different stretch in the Miscellany section of the magazine each month.Rising Strong: How the Ability to Reset Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead by Brené Brown (Ebury)Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain (Penguin)The Lido Guide by Emma Pusill and Janet Wilkinson (Boundless) To find out moreLidos – Discover your nearest lido by visiting The Outdoor Swimming Society website and browse ‘The Big Lido Map’ at All The Lidos Visit the lidos mentioned in the episode:Shepton Mallet Lido Saltdean Lido Hathersage Swimming Pool Brockwell Lido Silver Nutmeg jewellery on Folksy In The Simple ThingsFrom the May TEND issue (155)One Pot Food Forest – a mini food forest where all the seeds are sown at once but have different harvest dates so the planter evolves over time, offering a constant crop. From My Plot: A Wilder Way with Poppy Okotcha, author of A Wilder Way: How Gardens Grow Us (Bloomsbury)Magical creatures: an appreciation of pondskatersBuy the May issue here From the June SOAR issue (156)Shelf help – 18 classic wellbeing books recommended by our experts that offer wisdom throughout life’s changes and challenges. The collection includes Quiet by Susan Cain and Lost Connections by Johann Hari as mentioned in the podcast. Good vibrations – how chanting a mantra can help still a busy mindSalad Days  - growing advice and recipes for homegrown salads from The Kew G

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