The Joy of Small Things: Small is beautiful as a writer smells the roses

From board games to night-time bus journeys, Hannah Jane Parkinson’s new book encourages the reader to take pleasure in the minor things in life

Hannah Jane Parkinson displays an uncanny knack of noticing the simple yet rich aspect of life we tend to overlook

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The Joy of Small Things

By Hannah Jane Parkinson

Guardian Faber Publishing, €14

In his brilliant podcast From the Oasthouse, Alan Partridge tells us that when doing corporate gigs, he often opens his wallet and looks at a faded Polaroid photograph.

Taken in 1989 at a Saxon Radio Summer Roadshow, it shows Partridge surrounded by staff and 20 children coming towards him with a bucket of gunge. He uses this image to remind himself ...