"Simplicity is a virtue most worthy of love, because it leads us straight to the Kingdom of Heaven.” - Saint Vincent de Paul. We take a look at the stories and writings that encapsulate a love for a simple and small life.
Music: Ashton Manor by Kevin MacLeod
Hosts: Rachel Sherlock and Phoebe Watson
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Titles Discussed:
The Brambly Hedge Series by Jill Barklem
The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
Small is Beautiful: A Study of Economics As If People Mattered by E.F. Schumacher
Leisure: The Basis of Culture by Josef Pieper
The Weight of Glory by C.S. Lewis
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
Goodnight Mr Tom by Michelle Magorian
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
What Katy Did by Susan Coolidge
A Remaining Christmas by Hilaire Belloc
Studio Ghibli Films: Howl's Moving Castle, Spirited Away
The Wise Woman by George MacDonald
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
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