

You are what you read? Why reading is a fundamental threat to identity
In a moving passage of Dickens' novel, the ill-treated David Copperfield remembers ‘sitting on my bed, reading as if for life’.[1] His...


Poetry: Who Cares?
You might think that poetry is for schools and universities, for students and teachers, not for you and your busy job. But what if you...


Refuge and Asylum: A Gardener's Guide
Gardens are a cultural staple the world over. You would be hard put to find a major world religion in which gardens do not feature; the...