Thanks to Country and Townhouse, here is a list of ten things to look forward to in 2021:

Our pick of kimonos to zhush up your Zoom style, and the need-to-know juice cleanse built for winter

What do you get when you cross Lockdown 3.0, Dry January and home-schooling? I can only answer for myself (a frazzled, sober, cake-eating grump with little mastery of year 5 maths), but answers on a postcard please. In the evenings it’s TV dramas (loving The Great and The Serpent – the gorgeous Ellie Bamber is on our next front cover), restaurant takeaway kits and – my new-found love – jigsaw puzzles. Completing my first thousand-piece one felt like a major victory, in an admittedly thin pool.

Have a great week.

Lucy

FIVE THINGS YOU WON'T WANT TO MISS

Tom Aikens' Instagram Cookery School

Brush up on your kitchen skills this lockdown with chef Tom Aikens, who is launching an Instagram cookery school. The first course kicks off tomorrow, focusing on hearty vegetarian food using the best of the season’s produce. Sign up here.

Bhangra Lexicon

The Bhangra artform is captured through light painting in a new exhibition at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, compiled by dancer Hardeep Sahota in collaboration with photographer Tim Smith. While galleries are closed, you can view the atmospheric collection online.

Yoga with Fable

Feeling lethargic after Christmas? Ease your way back into exercise with Fable’s free 30-day yoga series, run by Claudia Mirallegro. Subscribe to Fable’s YouTube channel for daily classes, plus optional supportive emails.

Cambridge Film Festival At Home

Cambridge Film Festival will be running a series of digital film-related events this year. First up: ‘A Film I Love’, in which special guests will present and discuss their favourite film prior to a screening, kicking off with Mark Kermode on The Whalebone Box.

Great British Brands 2021

Get your hands on the annual indispensable guide to British luxury, featuring Arizona Muse on the cover wearing a bespoke dress designed by Preen by Thornton Bregazzi. Sign up to the Great British Brands newsletter for your complimentary digital copy.

Enter now for a chance to win Irene Forte Skincare’s Forte Favourites Box worth £500, which includes Irene’s favourite four products, packed in a beautiful box and designed for a serious skincare enthusiast.

WHAT’S KEEPING MY SPIRITS UP

PRACTICAL GEAR

Jeez, it’s cold out there, not to mention wet and muddy. Luckily last year’s more pared back Christmas, I asked for purely practical things. I’ve never felt better weather-prepared and smug to be wearing a Jaxon & James oilcloth fedora, Oralay’s thickened down jacket (yes, it’s that coat that sold out last autumn, but it’s back and seriously warm) and Sorel’s Explorer Joan boot (cosy inside and waterproof). The only thing to dress for is a walk and I’m definitely walking it.

KIMONOS

Having avoided ‘Zoom dressing’ in Lockdown One (my MacBook camera died), it now appears the volume has gone too in time for Lockdown Three, so I’ve had to start using my phone for meetings. Cue, I’m zhushing up my black/grey/navy polo neck with a kimono. It adds femininity and just a touch more warmth too. Give it a try.

WINTER CLEANSE

It sounds perverse when you just feel like eating butter-loaded crumpets and jam for breakfast, but actually letting your digestive system take a load off for a few days will leave you clearer of mind, skin and even a little less stretchy of waist. There are many cleanses out there but I recommend PurEarth’s Winter Warmer Juice Cleanse as it’s specifically formulated for the colder months, with plenty of warming cinnamon spiced nut mylks (delicious) and spicy broths.