Wandering Mind

​ ​ ​ In a few days, I’ll be in touch about an exclusive live masterclass (plus recording) that I’ll be offering to anyone who preorders my forthcoming book, Meditations for Mor...

From The Pianist, directed by R. Polanski You might recall that in the film The Pianist, Władysław Szpilman is depicted hiding in the ruins of apartments, witnessing both the Ghetto Uprising in 194…

7 personal recommendations for art-related fiction plus 28 that others have added to the list. Vote and add yours!

​ ​ ​ Maybe it doesn't matter If there’s one error of thought that most reliably holds me back from living an absorbing and meaningfully productive life, it’s the idea that cert...

“The self-renewing man … looks forward to an endless and unpredictable dialogue between his potentialities an the claims of life – not only the claims he encounters but the claims he invents.…

This is a comic about grief, and it's based on a poem by Callista Buchen.

Welcome to the wonderful world of kamishibai – a centuries-old Japanese storytelling tradition.

As digital media took off in the 2010s, few believed magazines could survive. While the industry isn’t what is once was, magazines are still very much alive, but why?

We'll go to the doctor when we feel flu-ish or a nagging pain. So why don't we see a health professional when we feel emotional pain: guilt, loss, loneliness? Too many of us deal with common psychological-health issues on our own, says Guy Winch. But we don't have to. He makes a compelling case to practice emotional hygiene — taking care of our emotions, our minds, with the same diligence we take care of our bodies.

Gorgeous champagne bottles! Snacks wrapped in beeswax! Flat toilet paper! PlasticFree drops their favorite plastic-free innovations of 2023.

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The Saudi crown prince is creating wildly ambitious projects masterminded by renowned architects, curators and designers. The upshot is either progressive modernisation or image-laundering, depending who you ask

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The Marginalian was born on October 23, 2006, under an outgrown name, to an outgrown self that feels to me now almost like a different species of consciousness. (It can only be so — if we don…

Why trying to be positive all the time makes you feel bad, why positivity science is flawed, plus a more genuine way to feel peaceful and contented.

This is a beautifully written biography of an extraordinary woman, who, as the author puts it, “remains at most a footnote in other people’s history.” She was a prominent patient …

Mysteries from China, short stories from the Balkans, a French-Morrocan autobiography and more.

Using old insurance fire maps, researchers have enabled a machine-learning system to recreate 3D models of neighborhoods that no longer exist. Not only could the technique lead to VR tours of the 'hoods, but it could help study the economic impact of urbanization.

Powder produced by ice sheets could be used to help tackle climate crisis when spread on farm fields

Postwar artists wouldn’t have had a chance without affordable housing or social security, says Alex Niven of Newcastle University

Is the era of the elderly white male finally over? This year’s global extravaganza, boasting a Ghanaian-Scottish curator, features a huge number of exhibitors from Africa – and shows its vicious exploitation continues

I read "A Life of One's Own" in my early 20s. Revisiting it via this article makes me wonder how much it went on to subliminally affect my trajectory...!

The naturalist/innovator in a parallel universe of solutions design, which might shift the way you see almost everything about our possible futures.

The frightening prospect of greener, people-friendly streets has sent the online right – and Tory MPs – into a tailspin, says Guardian architecture critic Oliver Wainwright

Tracy-Ann Oberman’s Shylock, who has been relocated to 1930s Britain, is inspired by her tough great grandma – while Henry Goodman felt shame after losing himself in Shakespeare’s most notorious character

Multimedia resources to help you learn how to start your own projects to record, preserve, and share stories. Designed for groups and organizations creating programming around storytelling.