WISDOM & WELLBEING

40 CORONAVIRUS: THE VOICE

OF THE EARTH Satish Kumar asks what lessons we can learn 44 GROW YOUR OWN REMEDIES Anne Stobart shares tips on planting health-boosting herbs 46 AN INVITATION INTO

HEARTBREAK Embrace anxiety to connect with the world, writes Steffi Bednarek 48 A BLOSSOMING INDUSTRY Flower grower Jen Stuart-Smith explains why she stopped digging

ARTS

50 CULTURE SHIFT The art world must adapt quickly to survive these times, argues Heather Ackroyd 54 HOME IS WHERE THE ART IS PL Henderson speaks to sculptor

Walter Bailey

60 VOICE OF A GENERATION Anna Turns reviews Our House is on

Fire: Scenes of a Family and a Planet in Crisis by Malena and Beata Ernman, Svante and Greta Thunberg 61 ALL IS ONE Russell Warfield reviews The Self

Delusion: The Surprising Science of How We Are Connected and Why That Matters by Tom Oliver 62 BIRD’S EYE VIEW Jackie Morris reviews The Birds They

Sang: Birds and People in Life and Art by Stanisław Łubieński 63 MAGIC MUSHROOMS Nat Dyer reviews Entangled Life: How

Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds and Shape Our Futures by Merlin Sheldrake 64 A QUEST FOR DARKNESS Kate Blincoe reviews Under the Stars: A

Journey into Light by Matt Gaw 65 THE SPIRIT OF THE LAND Stephen Moss reviews Wanderland: A

Search for Magic in the Landscape by Jini Reddy

REVIEWS

58 NATURE CURE Sophie Yeo reviews The Natural Health

Service: What the Great Outdoors Can Do for Your Mind by Isabel Hardman and Losing Eden: Why Our Minds Need the Wild by Lucy Jones

66 SHOP

68 LETTERS

70 MEMBERS

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