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Figure skating isn’t seen as extreme, but learning in my 40s I found ice extremely hard | Hobbies
I hit 40 hard. I was in a rut. I needed to get fit or wind up permanently wedged into that rut by middle-age spread. …
‘He passed the bee baton on to me’: people who inherit hobbies | Hobbies
It’s fair to say Alasdair Friend didn’t always picture himself as a beekeeper. But when a diagnosis of motor neurone disease meant his father was …
Crossword book club: AP Herbert’s Uncommon Law | Hobbies
Our author, AP Herbert, was a lot of things. An independent MP from 1935 to 1950; a head of various public bodies; a campaigner for …
How to care for sports uniforms: wash inside out, line dry and strip when all else fails | Hobbies
It’s been a while since I stepped off a netball court, but all it takes to remind me of the ankle braces, umpires whistles and …
I used to think art required natural talent. Then I taught myself to draw | Hobbies
After a lifetime of scribbling on scrap paper, a few years ago I finally started taking drawing seriously. I was backpacking and bought a tin …
Indira Naidoo on the joy of kite flying: ‘Like taking a dog for a walk in the sky’ | Hobbies
It’s 4.30am. This is my favourite time to write. Banging away at my keyboard in the almost-morning when Mark is asleep in the other room …