30 REGENERATION OF LIVES
AND THE LAND How Laurel Foreman’s organic farm
creates a sanctuary 32 UNTIL DOOMSDAY IN
THE AFTERNOON Scottish Travellers face exclusion from
wider society, writes Davie Donaldson 34 HUMANISING THE
‘MACHINERY’ OF CARE Charlie Jones and Martin Seager
suggest how health-care staff can be more open to spontaneity
ETHICAL LIVING
36 BREATH OF LIFE Kate Blincoe helps a hedgehog
in distress 37 THE ROAD IS YOUR
FOOTSTEPS Peter Reason experiences the transience
of time on a morning walk 38 RESTING IN PEACE
WITH NATURE Catherine Early digs into the rising trend
of natural burials 40 LET’S TALK ABOUT DEATH Naomi Canton reports on pop-up cafés
tackling a modern taboo 42 DIARY Leo Johnson contemplates the end of
the world 43 QWERTY SOMETHING A football team gives Matt Harvey hope
for the future 44 CHOICES Our age of excess is destroying us, but
there is a simple solution, writes Satish Kumar
ARTS
46 DRAWING FROM THE
WELLSPRING Photographer Susan Derges talks about
our relationship with water
50 AT THE EDGE Peter Abbs considers the warning
words of poet Lynne Wycherley 52 FROM LITTLE ACORNS Gary Cook shares his deep admiration
for oak trees 56 HOW I FELL INTO THE OCEAN Sonia Faruqi writes about the
inspiration behind her debut novel
REVIEWS
58 MATERIAL WORLD Natalie Bennett reviews The Golden
Thread: How Fabric Changed History by Kassia St Clair 59 THE MEDIUM IS THE MESSAGE Russell Warfield reviews Climate
Justice: Hope, Resilience and the Fight for a Sustainable Future by Mary Robinson 60 ROOTS OF LOVE Lisa Schneidau reviews Mesquite: An
Arboreal Love Affair by Gary Paul Nabhan 61 FIRING THE IMAGINATION Giles Hutchins reviews The Children’s
Fire: Heart Song of a People by Mac Macartney 62 ANIMALS WHO ACT LIKE GODS J. P. O’Malley reviews The Book of
Humans: The Story of How We Became Us by Adam Rutherford 64 WE ARE ECOSYSTEMS Nat Dyer reviews Symbiotic Earth: How
Lynn Margulis Rocked the Boat and Started a Scientific Revolution 65 CONNECTING WORDS Jini Reddy reviews England: Poems from
a School
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