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Tales of fire and ice, ranging from Vienna to a land down under. Storm watch from a lighthouse, walk like a penguin and write your own song

Compiled by FRANCES AMBLER

DOWN TO A TEA TOWEL Monica Gabbs, the designer behind Twenty Birds, loves birds and all their variations. Go on, test yourself on how many you can identify from their feathers as you dry up. £14, twentybirds.co.uk BRICK IN THE WALL How many five-letter words can you find reading down the face of our wall? The letters of each word can only read downwards on touching bricks, taking just one from each line. (answers on page 124) “Think before you speak. Read before you think” Fran Lebowitz Nipper was a real dog (apparently a terrier mix) – first seen in a 1898 painting by Francis Barraud. It was sold to the ‘Gramophone Company’, later renamed ‘His Master’s Voice’ (and still later HMV), due to the logo’s popularity. WHAT TO DO WITH… OLD JEANS PRACTICAL: The denim works for…

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The Simple Things (Digital) - 1 Issue, January 2024

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