Dawn - Episode 1 - MAKE YOUR OWN SUNSHINE

Join The Simple Things’ Editor Lisa Sykes and Wellbeing Editor Rebecca Frank as they find reasons to celebrate during February, including the returning daylight, time spent with friends and loved ones and joyful occasions from Lunar New Year to Shrove Tuesday.  If you are in the UK, you can try an immediate start subscription to the The Simple Things and receive the current issue straight away. Or buy current and back issues here Editing & music by Arthur Cosslett.  On the blog Seville & blood orange marmalade  Blood orange posset Blood orange Negroni Vietnamese summer rolls recipe   In the February issue (164) on sale now available to buy here Foods of love – what we eat and how we eat it has long associations with romance Friends for life – the mood-boosting, life-enhancing benefits of friendship Kitchen therapy – Sensory baking (Herb and black olive fougasse and Cavolo Nero Gnochi) and simple embroidered onions My City Taipei – cherry blossom and feasting during Lunar New Year What to do with orange peel – from scented kitchen spray to joyful garlands   In the January issue (163) available to buy here The Big Idea: Could you be an Otrovert? Explore the thinking behind Dr Rami Kaminski’s book The Gift of Not Belonging: How Outsiders Thrive In A World Of Joiners (Scribe)   In our A Year of Celebrations Anthology Lunar New Year gathering – recipes to share and celebrate with friends   Find out more Travelling sun sculpture myhelios.org   Thanks to our partner for Season 9, Friends of Glass, an organisation that celebrates and supports glass packaging for food, drink and cosmetics. Find out more about why glass is better for health, taste and the environment and follow them on instagram @friendsofglassuk