The Sanctuary Zine

What happens when you reach forty-odd, decide life needs to change, and realise the person who's going to have to make that happen is you?

Welcome to The Sanctuary Zine.

Issue 01 is the beginning of my ongoing attempt to build a simpler, calmer life from my very ordinary urban dwelling — armed with determination, a smidge of stubbornness and absolutely no practical knowledge whatsoever.

Inside: an alcove project that became a test of wills, several kilos of blackberries, charity-shop economics, homemade booze that could probably strip paint, a £12 shit sandwich, random thoughts about Turkey Teeth, and the beginnings of something much bigger.

Plus Something to Keep — a two-page keepsake recipe from the issue.

This isn't a polished lifestyle magazine. It's a collected record of trying things, making things, fixing things, changing my mind halfway through and occasionally cocking things up royally.

14-page digital PDF • Issue 01



Make a cuppa. Come along for the saga. Enjoy knowing it isn't happening to you.