April 2009 magazine content summary

The April 2009 issue features a bumper guide to Outdoor Living, with lots of advice and ideas for readers wanting making the most of their gardens:

• Search for the perfect flavour with the help of famous food critic Jay Rayner, due to appear at Kingston Readers' Festival this April
• Shop and cook in one stop at Jamie Oliver's Recipease concept in Clapham, London
• Catch up with Lenny Henry in anticipation of his upcoming Othello performance in Kingston
• Hear from trumpeter Chris Barber on his 60 years as a band leader
• Get fashion insights from Mulberry's creative director Emma Hill
• Update your look with the season's chic hairstyles from London's top salons
• Celebrate health, beauty and wellbeing at Kingston's Beauty Outside and In festival in London
• Motivate yourself for London Marathon success
• Prevent and treat sports injuries with our London expert's tips
• Reveal the cause of your fatigue and take steps to recover
• Inject some spring style into your home with inspiration and planning advice provided by our local interior designer
• Potter around with giant hand crafted ceramics influenced by the Jingdezhen culture of China
• Take a new direction for your home with fresh new looks from the Chelsea Design Centre in London
• Lock up safe and sound with our Surrey expert's home security update
• Plan your garden according to how you want to use it
• Grow your own vegetable plot
• Spend the Easter holidays out and about around London and Surrey
• Learn art as a discipline at the Battersea Business Centre on Lavender Hill
• Enjoy a synthesis of the arts of architecture at Le Corbusier, Barbican Art Gallery in London
• Celebrate National Pet Month with an Easter egg and bone hunt in Kensington Gardens
• Explore the history of the coffee shop and its philosophical roots
• Find out what's happening locally with our What's On guide
• Keep the kids busy with our Things 4 Kids guide
• Try something different with this month's Wine & Dine guide
• Taste the benefits of a raw food diet
• Drool over details of a London chocolate maker's Easter egg secrets
• Invest with pleasure in affordable local art
• Uncover the awful truth in Ewell's history
• Retire gracefully during the recession with expert help and advice