Press release issued: 28 March 2022
Could living a simpler life with no modern comforts, cut off from the modern world be better for us? Bristol mental health researcher, Dr Myles-Jay Linton has contributed to a new Channel 4 series, The Simpler Life, which follows a group of 24 Brits who have given up all their worldly possessions to see whether living a simpler life off grid, without any form of technology, mains electricity or gas, benefits their health and wellbeing.
Guided by a Pennsylvania Amish family from Ohio, who stayed with the volunteers on a 40-acre Devon farm teaching them how to grow crops, milk goats and cows, and how to live an almost pre-industrial existence. The reality show provides an insight into the impact of simpler living on life satisfaction, health and wellbeing, away from the trappings of modern society.
The Simpler Life, a six-part series, airs on Tuesdays at 9.15pm and Wednesdays at 9pm on Channel 4.
