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As we are all asked to stay home for the greater good of our family, friends, and most importantly for our NHS staff; we at Charles Stanley understand that this disruption to our lives will be harder for some than others.

Therefore, now, more than ever, creating and maintaining connections to one another is essential.

To support you during this time, we wanted to offer a number of initiatives to help ease the burden. We seek to offer this community support with our best endeavours, as we continue to support our clients as your wealth manager.

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Things to keep you busy

As we are currently encouraged to stay home, many of us are looking for something to do, whether it be to keep intellectually engaged as work slows down or to provide a positive distraction from the news headlines. To help with this, we have been in touch with all of our partners to bring you a carefully curated selection of content, from gardening tips to tours of exhibitions online, and more. We will be updating this regularly and are welcoming ideas, suggestions and contributors, so please do get in touch.

Things to watch and do

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The Charlie Waller Carol Service

The carols for the first time will be streamed via YouTube, interspersed with readings, ranging from the gently humorous to the deeply moving, and we are thrilled that this year’s readers will include Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Jenna Coleman, Damian Lewis, Suki Waterhouse and Chris Tarrant. There will be a short talk from Dick Moore on behalf of the Trust. Choirs from Bradfield College and Elstree School will also be joining forces to sing during the service. Please click here for more information.

The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition

In line with government guidance, the Royal Academy of Arts will be closed from 6pm on Wednesday 4 November. They will reopen as soon as lockdown restrictions are lifted. While the doors might be closed, they're still open online and this year's Summer Exhibition can be enjoyed during the lockdown. Please see click here to view the virtual tour.

Chris Robshaw on mental resilience

Being a professional rugby player is not only physically demanding but also mentally challenging watch our video to find out about his experiences and what helps him cope with these challenges.

Country Life: Recipe of the Week

How to make Shaun Rankin’s award-winning treacle tart.

Family fun: Colour the RA collection

Have a go at colouring different artworks from the RA Collection! Download a colouring sheet and crack out your pencils and pens.

Charles Stanley Activity Challenge

Word Pyramid. Start with a short word and add one extra letter each level to create an anagram of the existing letters and the new letter. The aim is to get from the top to the bottom of the pyramid, using the clues that appear alongside each level. Download the PDF here.

Family fun: How to make a puppet

Step-by-step guide for making a brown paper man puppet.

Family how-to: Print with fruit and vegetables

Print a posy of springtime roses or a potato polar bear with this fun family activity and many more from the Royal Academy of Arts.

Family how-to: exploring colour with slime

Learning how colours interact with each other is an important part of any young artist’s toolkit. Join the Royal Academy to learn how primary colours mix together to make secondary colours by making slime!


Things to read and listen to

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The stunning midwinter trees whose bark is better than their bite

Country Life columnist Alan Titchmarsh chats through the winter plants which will light up your garden like fireworks.

Seven stories of the Summer Exhibition

From frenemy feuds to a bomb through the roof, the storylines of the Summer Exhibition could make a TV drama – so no wonder it’s often featured on screen. Click here to see a few of the RA's favourites.

The economics of magic money: how real is the stock market surge?

In this Spectator briefing listen to Harriett Baldwin, Conservative MP; David Miles, an economist at Imperial College London and Paul Abberley, CEO of Charles Stanley discuss whether or not the government has found a magical money tree.

Spectator Book Club: Michael Frayn on the joys and perils of technology

Playwright, novelist and philosopher Michael Frayn talks about his new book of sketches Magic Mobile, lockdown life, the joys and perils of technology, adapting Spies for the screen - and how his muse has changed as he gets older.

The greatest children’s books as chosen by Alan Titchmarsh, Jilly Cooper, Ian Rankin and more

Children’s books offer an escape from reality that can last well into adulthood. Country Life contributor Katy Birchall ponders their power and asks a group of writers, journalists and others to name the ones which are still worth reading as an adult.

10 art novels to escape with

Every artwork tells a story. Make a cup of tea, take a seat and settle into the ten best novels inspired by art and artists, picked by the Royal Academy.

Gardens Through Time

Use this English Heritage timeline to trace the evolution of gardens in England.

Month by month garden checklist

A detailed checklist of jobs which need doing in your garden each month of the year.

100 Years of Movie Magic Playlist

From favourites like The Dam Busters and Gone With the Wind to 21st century classics like Harry Potter, The Lord of the Rings and La La Land, just sit back – and be swept away!

Country Life: Recipe of the Week

How to make banana bread, the ultimate comfort food of lockdown.

Curious Questions

Here's the place to find answers to some of the things you've always wondered but never knew.

How to master the fine art of pottering

As time opens up for all of us to spend more time in the garden, Alan Titchmarsh offers his tips on how to make sure you do it right.

English Heritage Podcasts

Step into England’s story with their weekly podcast. Presenter, Charles Rowe brings the history of the English Heritage sites to life with news, views and expert interviews.

Back to Earth

How can art respond to the climate emergency? How can society collectively self-transform? How can an arts institution contribute to discourse around the climate crisis in a meaningful way? Listen here to find out more.

Watch Episode 11 of Housebound

Louise Miller - Head of Client Services, FaceTimes with Erica Whyte about the challenges of running the Charles Stanley Helpdesk in lockdown.

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In light of the uncertainty we are all facing in our daily lives with the outbreak of COVID-19 coronavirus, we want to reassure you that Charles Stanley has taken a number of steps to ensure we are operationally and financially prepared for all scenarios.

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