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. 

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Editing and music by Arthur Cosslett

On the blog

Recipe: Ploughman's scones

Ice cube herbs

Ice cube aftersun
 
 

To read

The Slow Traveller: An intentional path to mindful adventures by Jo Tinsley 

Ernest journal

Things to do

Black Girls Do Run

In The Simple Things

From 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 Cubes

Wisdom: 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]with the heading MIDSUMMER MICROFICTION. Closing date 31 July. Full details in our June issue

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