Leamington and Warwick Living Jan - Feb 2021

Contents
A Note
from the EDITOR
08 A Comforting Culinary Journey recipes through ready in
Northern 30 minutes Ireland or less
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A real-life before and
after cellar renovation
The competition
page returns
We interview
Dr Hilary Jones
Editor Katie Thomson
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Publisher Sally Thomson
Pre-Press Manager Kate O’Connell
Contributors Peter Thomson, Sue Cooke, Matthew Biggs, Angela Cave,
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The New Year issue always brings
with it a certain level of recollection
and introspection, but gosh, we’ve
never had to look back on a year like
the one we’ve just experienced have
we! I wonder at what point I’ll be able
to stop sending off emails sounding
like a Jane Austen character, ‘I trust
you and your family are in good
health and prospering’!
Putting my inner Elizabeth Bennet
aside, I know we aren’t out of the
woods yet, but this edition we have
decided to focus firmly on all the good
that has come from COVID, alongside
the hopes for a brighter, better and
perhaps more compassionate 2021.
We very much enjoy creature
comforts here at Minerva HQ, and
in that vein, we’ve included a big
serving of ‘hug-in-a-bowl’ type
recipes that can be made in under 30
minutes - for those nights when you
want something tasty but don’t have
the time or inclination to slave over
the stove.
Then, if you’re considering
a renovation, we look at a really
unusual space - a Georgian vault -
and how it was transformed from a
damp and dark hovel into a luxurious
snug - hopefully it inspires you to
re-examine your own spaces that
could be overdue a face lift - we can
guarantee that can’t be much more
challenging than this one!
We had the chance to speak to TV’s
favourite GP Dr Hilary Jones about
the virus, looking after people as they
get older and generally finding ways
to keep as healthy as possible in the
autumn years of life.
We are also welcoming back a very
popular addition to the magazine -
our competition page! This edition
has a bevy of fantastic new prizes to
be won - make sure to check it out!
Next time we see you it will be
nearly spring - a new beginning
many of us are hoping for. See you
in March!
Katie
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