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Merry Midwinter - Episode 6 - STAR
Jan 04, 2026 57 min

Merry Midwinter - Episode 6 - STAR

In the STAR episode The Simple Things’ Editor Lisa Sykes and author of The Slow Traveller and regular contributor Jo Tinsley celebrate Twelfth Night and look for other reasons to cheer up what feel...

Merry Midwinter - Episode 5 - PAUSE
Dec 28, 2025 41 min

Merry Midwinter - Episode 5 - PAUSE

If you’ve got some time off, now’s the chance to kick back a bit. Join Wellbeing Editor Rebecca FrankAuthor of The Slow Traveller and regular contributor Jo TinsleyIn Episode 5 PAUSE, as they share...

Merry Midwinter - Episode 4 - FEAST
Dec 21, 2025 54 min

Merry Midwinter - Episode 4 - FEAST

Join The Simple Things’ Editor Lisa Sykes and Wellbeing Editor Rebecca Frank as we get stuck into festive feasting. We’ll be talking turkey, side dishes, tipples and nibbles, how to explain Christm...

Merry Midwinter - Episode 3 - PEACE
Dec 14, 2025 36 min

Merry Midwinter - Episode 3 - PEACE

Join Wellbeing Editor Rebecca Frank and Author of The Slow Traveller and regular contributor Jo Tinsley as they help you discover ways to find your own little pockets of calm in the run up to Chris...

Merry Midwinter - Episode 2 - TREASURE
Dec 07, 2025 42 min

Merry Midwinter - Episode 2 - TREASURE

The Simple Things’ Editor Lisa Sykes and Wellbeing Editor Rebecca Frank talk treasure, including the things we decorate our homes with, the people we treasure at Christmas and ways to treasure the ...

Merry Midwinter - Episode 1 - MERRY
Nov 30, 2025 46 min

Merry Midwinter - Episode 1 - MERRY

Join The Simple Things’ Editor Lisa Sykes and author of The Slow Traveller and regular contributor Jo Tinsley in the first episode of our Merry Midwinter season, where we are doing our best to find...

Golden Days - Episode 6 - RAMBLE
Oct 05, 2025 24 min

Golden Days - Episode 6 - RAMBLE

Join The Simple Things’ Editor Lisa Sykes, Wellbeing Editor Rebecca Frank and regular contributor and author of The Slow Traveller, Jo Tinsley as they take an early evening walk together and ponder...

Golden Days - Episode 5 - HARVEST
Sep 28, 2025 41 min

Golden Days - Episode 5 - HARVEST

Join The Simple Things’ Editor Lisa Sykes and Wellbeing Editor Rebecca Frank for our own mini harvest festival as they relish this time of abundance for cooking, gathering and squirreling away befo...

Golden Days - Episode 4 - ROAM
Sep 21, 2025 36 min

Golden Days - Episode 4 - ROAM

As the autumn equinox tips summer into autumn, Wellbeing Editor Rebecca Frankand regular contributor and author of The Slow Traveller, Jo Tinsley lace up their hiking boots and go exploring. From t...

Golden Days - Episode 3 - NEST
Sep 14, 2025 36 min

Golden Days - Episode 3 - NEST

In this third episode The Simple Things’ Editor Lisa Sykes and Wellbeing Editor Rebecca Frank turn their attention to what they have and where they live, enjoying treasures, finding fresh ideas at ...

Golden Days - Episode 2 - BEGIN
Sep 07, 2025 45 min

Golden Days - Episode 2 - BEGIN

In this second episode at the start of the new school year The Simple Things’ Editor Lisa Sykes and regular contributor Jo Tinsley indulge in a bit of schooldays nostalgia but also discuss why it’s...

Golden Days - Episode 1 - SAVOUR
Aug 31, 2025 41 min

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 appr...

Magical Midsummer - Epsiode 6 MAGICAL
Jun 20, 2025 50 min

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 tim...

Magical Midsummer - Epsiode 5 SLOW
Jun 15, 2025 42 min

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 ...

Magical Midsummer - Epsiode 4 CAREFREE
Jun 08, 2025 44 min

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...

Magical Midsummer - Epsiode 3 SHINE
Jun 01, 2025 35 min

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...

Magical Midsummer - Epsiode 2 DISCOVER
May 25, 2025 45 min

Magical Midsummer - Epsiode 2 DISCOVER

Promise & Possibilities It's half term, another bank holiday weekend so in this episode The Simple Things’ Editor Lisa Sykes and Wellbeing Editor Rebecca Frank are setting out to DISCOVER ...

Magical Midsummer - Epsiode 1 IMAGINE
May 18, 2025 38 min

Magical Midsummer - Epsiode 1 IMAGINE

Promise & Possibilities Anything seems possible at the start of summer and in this first episode The Simple Things’ Editor Lisa Sykes and Wellbeing Editor Rebecca Frank use their imaginati...

Return of the Light  - EASTER SPECIAL
Apr 18, 2025 38 min

Return of the Light - EASTER SPECIAL

Join us for our Easter Special episode of Small Ways to Live Well, the podcast from The Simple Things magazine Released on Good Friday, Team TST are recording live from a Blackdown Shepherd Hu...

Return of the Light Episode 6 - BLOSSOM
Mar 16, 2025 42 min

Return of the Light Episode 6 - BLOSSOM

Feeling like spring has sprung? Join The Simple Things editor, Lisa Sykes, and wellbeing editor Rebecca Frank, who are marvelling at the first signs of spring with a hot picnic to go, enjoying the ...