Sewing seems to be a skill that not many people do nowadays.  I grew up with a mother who sewed as a hobby but also for work.  All my clothes were hand made however it’s a skill that I never learned myself because it looked too hard with all the needles and bobbles and power cords and noise….but it need not be hard.  Sewing is a great skill to know because it helps you mend your clothes but also make new ones that no one else wears!  Here’s how to start!

Well today, I looked in the mirror and thought that my fringe needs to be cut as the hair was going into my eyes.  Truth be told, I also need to dye my hair however, I have no idea when the hairdressers will be open again so I had to make do by checking YouTube and seeing how I could cut my hair myself.   Here’s a short video I found on how to cut your fringe.  

In just 5 minutes you can reset your day in a positive way. Special thanks to John Davisi for lending us his incredibly soothing voice.

Learn to bridge at The Bridge World where there are lessons for first-time players, as well as for those at the elementary and intermediate levels. You can find the appropriate section, and proceed through the lessons.

Here’s the link to Lesson 1: The Mechanics of Bridge:

We are often asked, “Why is contract bridge so avidly enjoyed by so many people?” This question is usually raised by someone who has never learned the game, but whose interest has been piqued by friends who have been bitten by the “bridge bug.”

It is not surprising that the game is highly appealing, because it combines so many fascinating features. Some of these are:

The current UK lockdown means that seeds, plants, gardening tools and equipment can be harder to source. Many garden centres are closed, travel is limited to essential journeys only and online companies are struggling to meet the surge in demand. On the upside, this can encourage us to be more creative, to “make do and mend” and to have a good look around our homes to see what we can repurpose for the garden. With a thrifty approach and a bit of help from friends and neighbours, it’s perfectly possible to carry on gardening and even start a new one during the lockdown. Much of what you need, you already have, it’s just waiting to be transformed.

Here are my top tips on how to be a thrifty gardener during the lockdown which I hope will also be useful at any time, for gardeners on a budget and for anyone interested in self-sufficiency and sustainability issues.

Read Jenny Bell’s 10 tops here

In every situation there are silver linings. While many of us may not be using our time indoors to write the next great novel or master an instrument, there are gentler ways of finding potential in the pandemic. With a slower pace comes an opportunity for discovery and the realisation that, often, we don’t have to go very far at all to feel the enrichment of the world around us. By connecting with it, we naturally fall in love with it, which invigorates the conservation and sustainability movements, too. Here are the 10 things we’re learning in lockdown – positive habits to start now and not give up.

Read 10 positive life-long habits to adopt while in lockdown on CondéNast Traveller

In these days of lockdown you might not be able to get to the supermarket as much as you like, so how can you rustle up something just using what you have in your fridge? Supercook has the answer.

Just add your ingredients and Supercook instantly finds matching recipes from the most popular cooking websites!

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If you’re looking for something more interesting to do in quarantine than restream a show on Netflix, consider helping scientists map the world’s coral reefs. In a new video game from NASA called NeMO-Net, you can virtually dive in waters around the world, classifying corals in 3D images from satellites to help train a NASA supercomputer to map the rest of the world’s coral at a scale that’s never been done before.

Find out more in Bored at home? This game lets you help NASA map the world’s coral reefs