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Art Architecture & Gardening

Gardens for Contemplation

Art Architecture & Gardening

Gardens for Contemplation

Medieval monks historically dedicated their lives to a calling; one that centred around a thoughtful vow of poverty, chastity, compliance, and soli...

Art Architecture & Gardening

5 Artists Who Turned Marine Plastic Into a Movement

Following statistics that more than 8 million tons of plastic are dumped into the sea each year, the pollution of our oceans is a topic of much dis...

Urbanism & Events

How to Host a Plastic-Free Dinner Party, by Philippa Dunn of ClientEarth

As Head of Major Giving at Client Earth, it’s part of my job to be passionate about the environment. When I was approached to go plastic-free for l...

Mindfulness

Tidy House, Tidy Mind

Tidy house, tidy mind: How cleaning can improve your mental health If you’re feeling a little flat, grabbing a duster or hauling out the vacuum may...

Wellbeing

Nurturing Our Future

Increasingly, head teachers and senior managers in schools are spending their valuable time checking regulations to ensure their schools are compl...

Herbs

Monastic Wisdom Of Herbs And Tinctures: To Shield, Cleanse And Restore

During the Middle Ages, monasteries and convents were not only havens of spiritual devotion but important centres of knowledge, learning and heali...

Art Architecture & Gardening

Reclaiming The Rooftop

A rooftop is one of the most beautiful spaces in the city. Perhaps it’s New Yorkers who make the best use of their rooftops, via musty staircases ...

Wellbeing

Christmas... Do You Glow Or Burn Out?

There isn’t a time in the calendar year where our bodies, our health, our bank balance, our patience and our general wellbeing is put under as muc...

Mindfulness

The Essence of Time

Time is of the essence, as the adage goes. It describes the need to act with haste, and in an age where mastering the art of multitasking has beco...

Herbs

Natures Pharmacy: The History Of Herbalism

Herbalism is ranked as one of the most popular types of traditional medicine in Western Europe according to the World Health Organisation. But wher...

Art Architecture & Gardening

Fantastical Gardens

Julian and Isabel have the vision and knowledge to transform wastelands or dull formal Victorian gardens into what can only be described as somethi...

Urbanism & Events

The Realisation of Lightness

Japanese Culture of cleanliness, purity and lightness has fascinated the world for the past centuries and inspiration has expressed itself in our ...

Wellbeing

Manual Work And Mental Wellbeing

In the Rule of Saint Benedict, a book of precepts written almost 1,500 years ago, an entire chapter is devoted to emphasising the importance of dai...