What Meal Might Suit My Mood? Questionnaire
Inspired by our newest book, 'Thinking & Eating: Recipes to Nourish & Inspire', we’ve created a brief questionnaire to help ascertain your mood and provide a recipe for the perfect dish to pair it with.
Chapter 6.
Leisure
Walking in the Woods
We’ve got a steady, unfortunate tendency to focus exclusively on what’s bothering us. We brood; we circle endlessly round our worries. We get drawn deeper into the gloomy recesses of our…
The Importance of Architecture
In an odd but quietly very important way, works of architecture ‘speak’ to us. Some buildings, streets and even whole cities seem to speak of chaos, aggression or military pride; others…
The Secret of Beauty: Order and Complexity
This is an essay about beauty – and in particular about what makes something beautiful. We want to give you the answer right away: BEAUTY = ORDER and COMPLEXITY In other…
Getting More Serious about Pleasure
When it comes to work, we tend to be – almost universally – highly strategic and thorough in our approach. We think extensively about where our talents and opportunities may lie,…
The Value of Reading Things We Disagree with
Reading has always had a central and prestigious place in our understanding of how we can develop our minds. The more we read, we’re told, the cleverer we stand to be.…
Why We Argue in Paradise
We’re in paradise: a beachfront hotel on a tropical island; a charming cottage in a tranquil valley, a luxurious hotel in a historic city. Our spirits stand to be soothed by…