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Books: Grown Your Own Drugs – James Wong

Unleash the power of plants and soothe the symptoms of everyday ailments the natural way. Whether you’re struggling with insomnia, the kids have eczema, or your partner is feeling under the weather, this book could have the answer.  Including easy recipes from ethnobotanist James Wong showing you how to make simple creams, salves, teas and [...]

Books: Loose Women – Girls Night In

In this wickedly wise and funny book, ITV’s Loose Women discuss all the topics closest to their hearts – from younger men to sugar daddies, six-pack fantasies to support knickers. This fabulous book is packed with lively, wide-ranging opinions as the ‘girls’ share toe-curling confessions of wild nights out, the pros and cons of being [...]

Books: How To Photograph Absolutely Everything

From award winning contemporary photographer and author, Tom Ang, this sumptious tome does exactly what it says on the ‘tin’ – guiding you ever so smoothly through the technicalities of photographing just about anything you could imagine. Almost like having Mr Ang at your shoulder whispering his ‘tricks of the trade’, it will surely prove [...]

'Nature's Great Events' BBC Publication

Our planet is tilted at an angle of 23 degrees, a cosmic quirk which generates our seasons as we orbit around the sun, an anomaly which also sets off a series of gyres and eddies within our global weather systems and oceans. From the greening of the Serengeti through to the yearly melting of the [...]

Netherland by Joseph O’Neill

Hailed by the Observer as ‘the post-9/11 novel we’ve been waiting for’, this is a vivid and thoughtful exploration of memory, of everyday life and of being lost in the cultural melting pot of modern-day New York.

The Road Home by Rose Tremain

A bittersweet account of a man’s quest for a better life for his family, Rose Tremain’s latest novel looks at Eastern European immigration from the other side of the fence.

The Miracle at Speedy Motors by Alexander McCall Smith

If you haven’t read any of Alexander McCall Smith’s novels, you’re missing out on a perfect antidote to the stresses and strains of modern life.

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