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Last November, in the Russian region of Kabardino-Balkaria, a man called Yusuf Alchagirov was approached by a hostile bear. Alchagirov kicked and headbutted the bear and knocked it off balance. The bear, in response, picked him up and threw him over a cliff, then sauntered away. Alchagirov survived, but with bruises, 4 broken ribs, and …
The word biophilia means being drawn to Nature, attracted to the wild places of the world when we are anxious or depressed: a quiet walk over the chalk downs by the Sussex coast of England, a bluebell wood in Somerset, the beauty of the Bay of Naples, seen from Sorrento, a white sand beach in …
The Confederation of British Industry is the British umbrella business group that represents a wide swathe of British business and lobbies Parliament on behalf of it. The head of the CBI, John Cridland, has recently gone on record as unbraiding his members. Firms benefitting from the economic recovery should pay their workers more, he says. …
“The sense of increasing noisiness today is an effect of speed and clutter, hubbub in the mind, not the ears: twittering and tweeting, the 24/7 streaming of news, cascades of emails, junk or not, bring a syncopated, restless rhythm to the day, filling our heads with Babel.” Marina Walker, reviewing “Silence: Christian History” by Diarmid …
George Monbiot in the Guardian Weekly (December 20th) talked about materialism, “a trait that can afflict both rich and poor, which researchers define as “a value system that is preoccupied with possessions and the social image they project, and which is both socially destructive and self-destructive. It destroys the happiness and peace of mind of …
