What has gardening got to do with self-awareness? And do we garden Nature, or does Nature garden us? These are some of the questions raised in a book by the permaculture expert Alison Ensor. We are pa...

Britten's opera Billy Budd, based on a story by Herman Melville, focuses on the inhumanity of military discipline and the terrible moral dilemmas thrown up in time of war. Whose side are we on?

The question is pursued with the lightest, humorous touch by the actor, writer and co-director Phelim McDermott. When the show begins, a spotlight falls not

The author suggests that regional groupings of nations would be powerful enough to deter outside aggression. The regional power blocks would develop trade and political links among themselves, removin...

Donald Trump has played the clown on the world stage. Have you stopped to think about the number of people who have died because of his decisions? Whether it's supporting the "war" in Gaza, denying cl...

Power and Sex are the theme of Mozart's great comic opera. The nub of the plot is the struggle by Figaro and Susanna, on the eve of their wedding, to prevent their master Count Almaviva from exercisin...

Power and Sex are the theme of Mozart's great comic opera. The nub of the plot is the struggle by Figaro and Susanna, on the eve of their wedding, to prevent their master Count Almaviva from exercisin...

The book Wish by Maggie Brookes-Butt begins with 21 new poems which constitute a grandparent's love song, addressed to her descendants. They are designed to be read when the children grow up. The volu...

A neuroscientist suffers a stroke in the left side of her brain, and experiences the connectedness of all things. Being only in the right brain for several years, she can't walk or talk but discovers ...

Many poetic careers have been marked by periods of silence (Longley’s own) or even the complete abandonment of the art (Rimbaud or Laura Riding).

A neuroscientist suffers a stroke in the left side of her brain, and experiences the connectedness of all things. Being only in the right brain for several years, she can't walk or talk but discovers ...

Surely few books about silence have been written by authors who made an unwitting discovery of its importance and value, learning by experience why it is

Surely few books about silence have been written by authors who made an unwitting discovery of its importance and value, learning by experience why it is

Just Beauty searches for where the truth of brave, excellent art meets the truth of practical projects to improve our society and to protect nature.

AI can benefit mankind or destroy society and democracy as we know it. The case for greater education and regulation of this new technology which is changing our world.

How the soul of Dr Faust is saved by a combination of Christian and classical pagan values. The female fertility goddess plays a larger part than God the Father.

Bob Dylan is one of the finest ever writers of protest songs, about the oppression of poor people, young people, black people in the militarist, capitalist hustle of the USA. But what about his depict...

Just Beauty searches for where the truth of brave, excellent art meets the truth of practical projects to improve our society and to protect nature.

This may be the most eccentric review of Goethe’s Faust ever written, as I have only read the two parts of the play over Christmas in English translations.

These are the records of the Practical Progressives discussion group, which was set up in 2023 – when some of the Dorset Humanists felt the main group was

Mary Gaitskill’s novel, Veronica, is a meditation on truth and beauty told by its self-proclaimed peripheral protagonist, Alison. The novel loosely tracks her

Mary Gaitskill’s novel, Veronica, is a meditation on truth and beauty told by its self-proclaimed peripheral protagonist, Alison. The novel loosely tracks her

There is then an extraordinary sequence where a mechanic, Vahid, observes the man with fear and disgust, pursues him secretly and kidnaps him. A little later

Balfour had promised the Jews the right to “a national homeland.” At the same time there was a vague caveat that “nothing shall be done which may prejudice

Because the bodies are all black skinned, we see less detail and facial expression than we are used to in western art. We have to think harder about what is

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Because the bodies are all black skinned, we see less detail and facial expression than we are used to in western art. We have to think harder about what is

These questions are answered by the distinguished American economist Joseph Stiglitz in ‘The Price of Inequality’ (2012). (The short answers are Yes, and Yes

Just Beauty searches for where the truth of brave, excellent art meets the truth of practical projects to improve our society and to protect nature.

Anger is a natural, human emotion – and often may be justified. The author distinguishes it from Wrath – where we take a curious pleasure in unleashing our

Just Art Emotional truth in works of art. 03 Oct '25 Sinister Beauty in Rococo Art Simon Bowden Grayson Perry So what does it all mean – Grayson Perry’s

Just Beauty searches for where the truth of brave, excellent art meets the truth of practical projects to improve our society and to protect nature.

1:  A proposal that the NHS and Social Care should be funded and organised as a single system. This could reduce the blocking of around a third of hospital