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HEALTH, HAPPINESS, FASHION, TRAVEL, PETS, PASTIMES AND OTHER THINGS TO MAKE LIFE LOVELY THINGS TO SEE, PICK AND DO

Happy thoughts and ideas for fashion, eco, wellbeing and more

Pick… sloes, in season mid-oct to early Nov. Collect after the first frost or freeze overnight to soften their skins.

Follow… Ashridge Estate’s Autumn Colour Trail to see Hertfordshire’s trees in full colour (nationaltrust.org.uk).

Learn… the art of loom weaving at a one-day workshop in Bristol, 28 Sept, £130 (thebristolartisan.com).

Celebrate… the written word at Cheltenham’s Literature Festival, 2-11 Oct (cheltenhamfestivals.com).

As the nights draw in, fill your home with scents of the season. Firewood Fig candle, £12.99, H&M Home