Personal view from a visual and cultural perspective.

South East England
Joined January 2010
How can we more confidently and more empathically navigate culture wars? Firstly, by understanding that there’s no such this as a Utopian ideal. We invited author @sirihustvedt to discuss this and much more besides on our podcast, Bridge to the Future. bridges-to-the-future.simple…
The UK is one of the least forested places in Europe. There’s an urgent need to expand woodland fast. Scientists let a farm field grow wild 60 years ago: "The ploughed field became a closed canopy woodland with almost 400 trees per hectare." bit.ly/3E2RsPN
Beautiful, and original, stained glass windows in English Martyrs Church, Goring-by-Sea dated 1968
To thrive emotionally, young people need their own time and space, that is not explicitly directed at particular outcomes. bit.ly/3wPvbl6
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"The Wilderness experiment shows what’s possible when nature is allowed to create rich, native woodland for free." theconversation.com/monks-wo…
Patrick Burgoyne on the state of creative education in the UK bit.ly/3w9NdyV
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Alvin Ailey: the towering figure of dance who lived in the shadows theguardian.com/film/2021/ju…
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A new report reveals that millions of people across the UK are being profiled by welfare-focused algorithms without their knowledge. @oscwilliams on the quiet rise of citizen-scoring algorithms. newstatesman.com/science-tec…