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Hope is…

Hope is…

a well-meaning wish or wishful thinking?
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Women & writing: Celebrating the greats

Women & writing: Celebrating the greats

“It’s not so easy writing about nothing.”
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The power of words in an age of anxiety

The power of words in an age of anxiety

“The magic of escapist fiction is that it can actually offer you a genuine escape from a bad place and, in the process of escaping, it can…
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Bringing depression out of the shadows

Bringing depression out of the shadows

“Be kind, for everyone you know is fighting a hard battle.” — Plato
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What is happiness? The answers are all in the Mind

What is happiness? The answers are all in the Mind

“I think you might do something better with the time than waste it asking riddles that have no answers.”
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Humans: A 21st Century Existential Crisis

Humans: A 21st Century Existential Crisis

What can we learn from Channel 4's latest sci-fri thriller about the depths of our humanity?
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Never mind asking how we ought to live, it’s now about how we survive: Urgent lessons from science…

Never mind asking how we ought to live, it’s now about how we survi...

“If we fail to take care of the Earth, it will surely take care of itself by making us no longer welcome.” James Lovelock
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To have or to be? That is the question

To have or to be? That is the question

“Perhaps when we find ourselves wanting everything, it is because we are dangerously close to wanting nothing.” Sylvia Plath
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Memories and the value of narrative truth

Memories and the value of narrative truth

Do not adjust your mind, the fault is in reality
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The pleasure of a blue sky moment

The pleasure of a blue sky moment

Rising above the din of existence to see more clearly
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