Sylvie Barr

As I jotted down a few items on my shopping list the other day, I had this flash remembrance of a narrow escape when I was 6 years old. I am part of the first generations who were allowed to learn how to write with their left hand at primary school, instead of being forced to write with their right hand, the left one tied in their back. Thankfully this sort of practise is no longer in our society, and I wasn’t just part of a short-lived social experiment. I realise now that allowing people to...

Pay attention. Never have these words rung so true. In this age of the distraction economy, your attention has become your most valuable...

West Dean, West Sussex I could write to you about the many benefits of being in nature, especially the Forest. I could quote findings...