By Harriet Coleman I’ve chosen this trio of herbs as they all have calming, nourishing and relaxing properties. As well as anti-cramping, anti-spasmodic, stress and pain relieving, they aid sleep and reduce inflammation. I highly recommend having these herbs dried, stored and ready for you to use anytime when needed. You can add a dash of cinnamon and a blob of honey into the tea but personally, I just enjoy tasting the earthy aromas of the herbs.
SERVES: 1
COOKS IN: 5 minutes
DIFFICULTY: easyIngredients
3⁄4 cup of milk (cow’s, oat, almond, whichever)
1⁄4 cup of water
1 tsp dried mugwort
1 tsp dried lavender
1 tsp dried chamomile
Method
Grab your favourite mug, fill it up with 3/4 milk, I use oat milk as oats have soothing properties. Top up your milk with 1/4 water and add to a pan.
Then add a teaspoon of each dried herb: mugwort, lavender and chamomile to your milk and water mix. Bring to a gentle simmer for 4-6 minutes depending on how strong you want it. The heat will help extract all the nourishing benefits from each herb and will flavour your milk deliciously.
Take off the boil and strain your infusion through a sieve to enjoy.
Tips
You can create many more combinations, rose and lemon balm go beautifully together too.
Please be aware: lavender must not be consumed if you have epilepsy and if you are on medication for this condition. Lavender works on the nervous system and the brain and although it is safe to use small amounts externally -if you are epileptic- it is best to avoid it internally.
image: patricia nivenTry this herbal infusion in one of our mugs.
Honestly, we think that this is a perfect piece of clothing. It’s the first item to be made under our new brand, SGI Threads.
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First a bit of history.
A lot of people associate our work with Pedlars and The Good Life Experience with the classic vintage workwear jackets that we used to sell. We sold thousands over the course of many years and about twenty years ago we even designed and sold our own British-made version. Either it wasn’t very good, or it was ahead of its time because it didn’t sell well.
Ever since then we have wanted to do another. Now every fashion company makes one and so in order to stand out we decided to try to make one that is truly exceptional. And we genuinely believe that we succeeded.
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At Some Good Ideas part of our mission is to prove that amazing goods can be made in Great Britain and in so doing to show precisely what this costs. We are happy to share any other information so that you, too, can make things here.
At Some Good Ideas we make goods in Britain using the finest components. This is a way to guarantee the very best quality and to prove that it can be done in Britain; it may not be the easiest thing and it definitely isn’t the cheapest, but it is worth the effort. Part of our challenge is that we’re designing our own things and choosing the components, rather than going to a factory -which would be a lot easier- and just saying ’those things you make, please make some for us in a different colour’.
Anyway, here is our apron. It’s taken us five months to build this and it was worth the wait. The original idea was to see if we could make an apron for the staff in The Glynne Arms, one of our sponsors, that reflected their keen eye for the provenance of their food and drink. And, we succeeded. But we’ve made some for other people too -you!- and here they are.
Manufactured in Ipswich. Screen printed in Huddersfield. Tape made in Cheshire. Labels designed and printed in London. Buckles and fabric from Europe.
Everyone needs a To Do list. So, why not buy this one?
Its paper was milled in Scotland, the printing was done in England using Dutch manufactured mineral based inks and vegetable based inks, the glue is from the West Midlands, the manufacture took place in Lincolnshire, the photographs were taken in Sheffield and the design was created in London.
That’s a lot of information for a To Do list, but we’re proud of these facts.
We haven’t cut corners, we’ve kept production in Britain and we’ve paid the people involved a fair price at every step.
This is a To Do list that champions proper manufacture and design.
It’s also just really, really useful.
You should buy one.
100 sheets.
The notepaper in this book is made in Cumbria and the end leaves are made in Britain too, by GF Smith. The cover card is recycled board and is made in Scandinavia.
The book in entirely made in Stamford, GB on a machine built in 1948 and the thread is strong natural linen.
It’s a lovely thing with a mix of lined, checked and plain paper and there’s an elasticated closure.
To find out more about the manufacture and costs involved in making these notebooks, scroll to the bottom of this page where we’ve included lots of detail.
These mugs were hand made in Stoke-on-Trent by someone who is relatively new to the manufacture of tableware but who is employing time-proven, traditional methods of manufacture. The method employed here uses machinery that luxuriates in the unusual name of a Jigger Jolly; this sounds to us like something made up by Roald Dahl but is in fact a piece of machinery that enables the potter to make specific shapes.
This style of mug is a traditional one called a Telford and it uses locally sourced stoneware clay which is strong, vegan and natural. The stripes have been applied by hand using traditional lithographing techniques.
To find out more about the manufacture and costs involved in making these, scroll to the bottom of this page where we’ve included lots of detail.
Dive into a long read.
Christobel Kent was born in London and educated at Cambridge. She has lived variously in Essex, London and Italy.
Her childhood included several years spent on a Thames sailing barge in Maldon, Essex with her father, stepmother, three siblings and four step-siblings.
Steve is an artist, writer and speaker interested in creativity and the human condition. He has sold work across four continents and exhibited alongside the likes of Pablo Picasso and David Shrigley. He has spoken around the world on creativity and is the host of Sound of Silence – the world’s first silent podcast, featuring special guests.
He is at his best when he is right on the edge of not quite knowing what he is doing.
In an unexpected turn of events, brothers Harry and William Rolph became the owners of two fields of ancient olive groves located in the far eastern corner of Crete, in the small rural village of Zakros.
Two Fields Zakros was founded producing small batch cold pressed olive oil.
It's been a few days since we said our fond farewells to our final Summer Camp guests, so today we're taking stock of a month of hard work, fun and new friendships.
We are celebrating the strong community of small and independent businesses of Kincardineshire and Aberdeenshire with photography by Jamie Brogan.
This is a good tea pot.
It’s good because it is made in Britain, it looks amazing, it works well and it’s ethically sourced. Our tea pot was designed by 1882ltd in Stoke-on-Trent by 5th generation makers. No corners were cut in making this product.
We hope that you appreciate its deep integrity and that it offers you years of satisfying use.
To find out more about the manufacture and costs involved in making these tea pots, scroll to the bottom of this page where we’ve included lots of detail. We’re really trying to be transparent here, because our mission is not just to sell great things but to help people to understand that it’s possible to make good things in Great Britain and what, precisely, this costs.
We aim to pay everyone fairly, to make things as sustainably as possible and to support British manufacturers. Inevitably, this means that our goods will cost more than most others, but we think that that is a price worth paying and hope that you’ll agree.