Lessons from a Journeyman.
100 Dog Breeds and Their Terrific Traits.
Carrot, Parsnip and Thyme Soup.
The secret to this is having a really delicious rich vegetable stock. This will give the soup a deep textured flavour. The ideal is to make your own, but if you can’t, be sure to choose a good quality one. Carrots and parsnips go beautifully together as roast vegetables and they work equally well as complimentary flavours in this soup.
This serves four, but you can double up the quantities and freeze the rest.
Charlie Recommends… November 2021.
Ten Things You Need To Make Winter Good.
Our thoughts this winter, across our businesses, are focused on getting our guests and customers outdoors. I believe that winter is every bit as good as summer and that our relationship with the colder and darker months has become weirdly soured.
Autumn and winter last for about half the year, so we might as well try to make the best of them.
So here’s a short piece on my favourite kit -indoor and outdoor- for winter.
A Creative Experiment in Passionate Non-Attachment.
Five Books I Loved That I Think You’ll Love Too.
My Weekend Managing The Some Good Ideas Stage At Camp Good Life.
The Some Good Ideas stage at Camp Good Life was a melting pot of, well, good ideas, and it was my job all weekend to manage the stage.
It’s a great job. I have done it for a number of years now and I think I am starting to get the hang of it - I'd call myself a semi-professional at this point on the basis that there is still about half I don’t know.
The 10 Best Things About Camp Good Life.
The Folklore and Mythology of the Rowan Tree
Caroline’s Glen Dye Wild Venison Casserole.
Charlie Recommends… August 2021.
Three Talks Not To Miss at Camp Good Life (Autumn).
Ideas are at the root of what we do here at The Good Life Society. and each year writers, thinkers, movers and shakers come along to share theirs.
From Michael Morpurgo to Michael Rosen and Helen Sharman to Dr John Cooper-Clarke (all previous Good Life Experience speakers) we’ve long punched above our weight when it comes to inspirational speakers and ideas.
This year, at Camp Good Life (Autumn), will be no different.
Two Fields: Producing Olive Oil In Harmony With Nature.
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.
Fungi And Foraging By Roger Phillips.
Roger Phillips is a mushroom maestro and one of the most respected foragers in Great Britain.
In 1975 he began his life’s major work, photographing an encyclopaedic collection of world plants and he has since written 20 additional volumes with combined sales of 4.5 million copies worldwide.
What Does Music Mean To Me?
Charlie Gladstone is co-founder of Some Good Ideas, The Good Life Society, Glen Dye Cabins & Cottages, Hawarden Estate Farm Shop, The Glynne Arms and much more.
He is a serially optimistic entrepreneur. And a man who describes music as his main thing. Here, in an article originally published by Guitar School, Charlie tells us what music means to him.
10 Reasons Why Summer Camp Was Perfect.
FAQs On Crossing The Atlantic.
In Praise of: Trees
Tree-watching is a very under-rated hobby.
We tend to pass trees by, acknowledging them as part of the landscape, and paying more attention to wildflowers or wildlife. But once you start to recognise trees and to really observe them, they are every bit as fascinating and rewarding.
