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Main image: Cute Handmade Macrame Keychains made by Kate Nisbet, using white, cream and blue wool with wooden bead accessories.

Cute Handmade Macrame Keychains Tutorial

Photo of handmade beaded earrings, with gold metal and blue beads in arch shaped patterns in the hoops.

Handmade Beaded Jewellery Making Tutorial

Main image: Painterly Architectonic - art piece by Lyubov Popova, a mix of geometric shapes in bright colours - inspired by the cubism movement.

Artist in Focus: Lyubov Popova

A little white and brown/yellow wooden house sculpture, sitting next to stacks of coins

The Sickness and Disability Element of Universal Credit UK Explained

Main Image: Kusudama Origami Paper Flower made from scrap paper/ old sheet music, with a purple button at the centre.

Use Scrap Paper to Make Kusudama Origami Flowers

Main Image: Slug eating a cabbage leaf - demonstrating the need for organic slug control in gardening.

Organic Slug Control and Successional Sowing Tips

The Allotment Diaries Episode 11

Text reads, "How to write a book with Alison Mott" over an image of a person writing a book.

How to write a book 6

a woman explaining something to two men using a tablet

How to write a book 5

Two best friends laughing and having a good time together

How to write a book 4

Cheerful child having fun playing and blowing a dandelion into the air in a park.

How to write a book 3

Restored Victorian red brick houses with coloured doors

How to write a book 2

A Happy Woman Hugging Her Mother While She Is Sitting In The Kitchen And Drinking Tea

How to write a book 1

Part of Mindspace Week 2022

Main Image: A Renaissance artist's sketch of a woman looking down, on white paper with black/grey pencil.

Artist in Focus: Renaissance Artist Sketches

A little white and brown/yellow wooden house sculpture, sitting next to stacks of coins

The Carer Element of Universal Credit UK Explained

Part of Dementia Action Week 2025

Main Image: an adult daughter reading with her elderly mother with Dementia outside.

The Power of Reading: Reading Well for Dementia

Part of Dementia Action Week 2025