Planning a midwinter gathering? Here’s how to glam up your home for less. Winter is a season for staying in and keeping cosy – but that doesn’t mean you have to stop entertaining. Here are our top tips for making your home extra-inviting for winter festivities
In Ayurveda, we look at the body as a whole being, composed of the body, mind, and spirit. That means we always look at the interconnected relationship of our whole being and we focus on the importance of nourishing ourselves in this way. For example,
Do you match the wine to the food or the food to the wine? And do the old adages still stand, that white wine is best with fish and red wine with meat? If wine and food matching seems like an old-fashioned rather than modern
In our culture, the value of pleasure is sometimes underestimated. But sources of pleasure, such as our hobbies, aren’t just the opposite of work. Rather, they provide numerous benefits that promote psychological health and help us build a good life: Providing novelty We can’t change careers too
Photography Sarah Tuck Sewing has had a resurgence as a hobby – but why is it so popular?You might think of sewing as a bit of a frumpy pursuit, something pursued by unfashionable housewives looking to save some money. But these days, you couldn’t be further
All the organic ins and outs of environmental decomposition. What’s the dirt on compost? It’s the magical substance that’s formed when food scraps and garden waste break down into their component nutrients, creating a rich natural fertiliser that boosts plant growth and fertility. Compost has a
Have you ever sat down with your knitting and found yourself overcome with a sense of calm and wellbeing? Or maybe you get a hit of calm and pleasure from cooking, crocheting or even colouring in. What’s key is that you experience the sensation when you’re
Mimi Gilmour Buckley’s daily skincare routine has become a resilience ritual which has made her stronger. Now she wants to share it with others. High-profile business owner Mimi Gilmour Buckley is best known for her successful Burger Burger chain, so you might ask, what on earth
Why ingestible beauty is here to stay. It’s universally acknowledged that if you eat well and keep hydrated, good skin will follow. Nourishing yourself from the inside out is the ideal, but if you struggle to eat a balanced diet or your skin could do with an
Photography Jane Ussher Wendyl Nissen figures out the freedom of letting go of your expectations and knowing your limitations. “Know your limitations.” Those three words were said to me a few months ago when I was visiting my old friend Catriona in Sydney. If anyone else had said
