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19
Jun
Jun
Small revelations
‘The great revelation had never come. The great revelation
perhaps never did come. Instead there were little daily
miracles, illuminations, matches struck unexpectedly in the
dark’.
These lines from Virginia Woolf’s 1927 novel To the
Lighthouse startle and move me every time I read them.
Somehow...
19
Jun
Jun
Why design matters by Alice Rawsthorn
Why does design matter? Because we ignore it at our peril.
Design is one of the most powerful forces in our lives,
which influences the outcome of almost everything we do,
often without our being aware that it has done so.
If the voters...
03
Jun
Jun
Jon Ronson on Humiliation
Jon Ronson joined us for a sermon on the topic of
humiliation. He is taking a break from his researches for a
new book on the topic. His investigations have led him to
meet those who have been humiliated, those who humiliate,
people who...
24
May
May
Designers make new thinking real
What Design Can Do is an unbeatable title for a design
conference because implicit in this simple phrase is
humility (design can’t do everything) and challenge (but
it can do more than you expect). It embodies the design
spirit of our age: exploration.
It’s no...
24
May
May
Book review: Mindset by Carol Dweck
For the past 40 years, Carol Dweck has been studying the
ways we humans respond to our own strengths and
shortcomings, and to those of others, and what that means
for our self-esteem and ability to grow. Mindset, her first
book for a non-academic...
17
May
May
How to have it all
The having it all wars are on again. Sheryl Sandberg
Facebook's COO, is advising women to “lean in”: to
believe in themselves and be more pro-active if they want to
combine career success with a vibrant family life. Others,
such as Princeton professor Anne-Marie Slaughter,...
13
May
May
Dear Bibliotherapist
Dear Bibliotherapist,
Now that the sun is finally out and spring seems to be
bursting forth like pent-up religious fervour, I feel a huge
desire to start afresh, and turn myself into something new.
I’ve been treading water too long, unable to move on...
08
May
May
Mindfulness and Living a Busy Life
A few years ago I started consciously watching the first
thing that came to mind as I awoke each morning.
More often than not what would appear during those first few
hazy moments was “The List”. The curtains I must
remember to fix, the...
03
May
May
A Timid Soul Contemplates Guts And Balls
Consider, please, a brief thought experiment. Suppose for a
moment that angels exist. Could therefore one such angel be
capable of bravery? Think about it. Your answer, I hazard,
would be ‘no’. OK, now how about ghosts? Could there be
such an entity as...
01
May
May
How would you really enjoy spending your life?
What would you do if money was no object? How would you
really enjoy spending your life? Watch this inspiring
short film narrated by the British philosopher Alan Watts on
the topic of defining your life by what you enjoy doing.
As he...
24
Apr
Apr
Knee Deep in Textile Waste
“I just had an idea that over the course of the past few
years has struck a cord, a creative design solution to an
environmental challenge. Each time someone wears A From
Somewhere piece, or each student that discovers upcycling,
and each person that...
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