Stratford-upon-Avon Living Jan - Feb 2021
Our first issue of 2021 - we are celebrating the good things COVID has brought - an appreciation of local businesses, a better sense of community, and more time to work on our homes. We have a real-life room transformation, plus the usual dose of recipes and interviews.
Our first issue of 2021 - we are celebrating the good things COVID has brought - an appreciation of local businesses, a better sense of community, and more time to work on our homes. We have a real-life room transformation, plus the usual dose of recipes and interviews.
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Contents<br />
A Note<br />
from the EDITOR<br />
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Comforting<br />
A Culinary Journey recipes through ready in<br />
Northern 30 minutes Ireland or less<br />
The New Year issue always brings<br />
with it a certain level of recollection<br />
and introspection, but gosh, we’ve<br />
never had to look back on a year like<br />
the one we’ve just experienced have<br />
we! I wonder at what point I’ll be able<br />
to stop sending off emails sounding<br />
like a <strong>Jan</strong>e Austen character, ‘I trust<br />
you and your family are in good<br />
health and prospering’!<br />
Putting my inner Elizabeth Bennet<br />
aside, I know we aren’t out of the<br />
woods yet, but this edition we have<br />
decided to focus firmly on all the good<br />
that has come from COVID, alongside<br />
the hopes for a brighter, better and<br />
perhaps more compassionate <strong>2021</strong>.<br />
The competition<br />
page returns<br />
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We very much enjoy creature<br />
comforts here at Minerva HQ, and<br />
in that vein, we’ve included a big<br />
serving of ‘hug-in-a-bowl’ type<br />
recipes that can be made in under 30<br />
minutes - for those nights when you<br />
want something tasty but don’t have<br />
the time or inclination to slave over<br />
the stove.<br />
A real-life before and<br />
after cellar renovation<br />
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Editor Katie Thomson<br />
e katie.thomson@minervapublications.co.uk<br />
Publisher Sally Thomson<br />
Pre-Press Manager Kate O’Connell<br />
Contributors Peter Thomson, Sue Cooke, Matthew Biggs, Angela Cave<br />
Front Cover courtesy of Gordon Buchanan<br />
Key Account Manager Marion Cassidy<br />
e marion@minervapublications.co.uk<br />
d/l 01225 984502<br />
twitter: @<strong>Living</strong><strong>Stratford</strong><br />
We interview<br />
Dr Hilary Jones<br />
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Then, if you’re considering<br />
a renovation, we look at a really<br />
unusual space - a Georgian vault -<br />
and how it was transformed from a<br />
damp and dark hovel into a luxurious<br />
snug - hopefully it inspires you to<br />
re-examine your own spaces that<br />
could be overdue a face lift - we can<br />
guarantee that can’t be much more<br />
challenging than this one!<br />
We had the chance to speak to TV’s<br />
favourite GP Dr Hilary Jones about<br />
the virus, looking after people as they<br />
get older and generally finding ways<br />
to keep as healthy as possible in the<br />
autumn years of life.<br />
We are also welcoming back a very<br />
popular addition to the magazine -<br />
our competition page! This edition<br />
has a bevy of fantastic new prizes to<br />
be won - make sure to check it out!<br />
Next time we see you it will be<br />
nearly spring - a new beginning<br />
many of us are hoping for. See you<br />
in March!<br />
Katie<br />
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