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Are you spending time in the garden this Easter? If you are looking at an abundance of garden weeds then don't despair... there could be cause for celebration... Eat you Weeds! holds the answer to your garden woes with over 160 delicious recipes for meals, drinks and sweet dishes that have 'weeds' as the star ingredient. The authors argue they are the right plants in the wrong place.  It's time to see those pesky plants in a new light... here is a sample recipe for Cleavers Stir Fry.  Cleavers tips are at their most succulent just before they flower, but...

160 simple, nature-friendly recipes which really work in Green Clean Your Home. This is the only book you need to Spring Clean your home in time for the Easter holidays. 

The book covers eco-friendly products listed for every room in the house. The instructions are clear and fun to make using your own raw ingredients - reduce plastic waste and use fewer harsh chemicals. 

Feel good when you Spring Clean! Try something new today, available from your local bookshop or visit Merlin Unwin Books website. 

2023 marks 1350 years since St Etheldreda first established a monastery in Ely in AD 673. Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims have flocked to Ely Cathedral in her name and churches across the country have been named in her honour. By any standards, Etheldreda was a remarkable woman in a time of remarkable women. Far from being the wishy washy figure of so much stained glass, she was – had to be – a tough operator. Great saints are not pushovers. She got her way. She changed the map in the Not-Yet-England of her time (c. 636 AD-679 AD). What was...

Meryl Harrison's profile Meryl was born in London, but moved to Zimbabwe with her parents when she was aged 9. She was the Chief Inspector at the Zimbabwe National Society for the Protection of Animals (ZNSPCA) for several years and was instrumental in carrying out the rescues of thousands of animals from farms from which owners had been forcibly evicted during the land redistribution programme in Zimbabwe. Meryl was often in terrible danger and endured threats of violence in her and her colleague’s attempts to rescue these helpless animals, but despite being in her 60s and suffering from a heart condition, she...