Plants for free: How to collect seeds
The flowering season may be coming to an end but there is still abundance in the garden. This is the time to collect seeds, propagate and divide. October is the time to harvest a different sort of...
View ArticleWool Week: Join The Wool Ride
Join fellow yarn-fans this weekend for the capital’s Wool Ride in celebration of Wool Week. The Simple Things team is a woolly bunch – we love natural materials. This Sunday, get on your bike and join...
View ArticleGo meteor-spotting this month
Head outside and enjoy the show! Find out how to spot meteors with our guide. The annual Draconids and Orionids meteor showers come to town this month. Here’s what to expect… Draconids Around ten...
View ArticleWant, knead, love: Real, down-to-earth bread baking
There’s something about bread that is so fundamental, so magical, so right. Our passionate baker boy, Alex Gooch, is here to pass on his bread baking knowhow. Meet Alex Gooch, our new baker boy, in the...
View ArticleThe joy of bedlinen: Five ways to make your bed cosier
It’s a simple truth that your bed will never look as good as the ones in the bedding department of John Lewis. Carefully co-ordinating layers of pillows, throws and cushions, known fancifully as...
View ArticlePassing on traditions: New boots
So shiny, not a mark on them. And all that leather, suede or, for the extrovert, patent. Your little bitty strappy sandals are all very well but with a pair of boots there’s far more shoe to show-off...
View ArticleHow to make a pumpkin bird feeder
Don’t ditch the Halloween pumpkin just yet… Give it a new lease of life in the garden as a pumpkin bird feeder. Pumpkins spend all summer ballooning into huge, majestic,super-squash, then come autumn,...
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