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26 COVER FEATURE Alive and glittering

It has been 12 years since she was diagnosed as having terminal cancer. After huge success with the breast cancer awareness charity CoppaFeel!, Kris Hallenga is taking stock. She talks wild swimming, simple pleasures and why it shouldn’t take a crisis for us to reach our potential

The lifesaving small talk 64 A project that trains hairdressers to broach the topic of organ donation is helping spur BAME sign-ups

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Kind callings

60 We meet three people whose jobs – from working on rivers to working with wildlife – are about kindness to the planet

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70 A culture of compassion

One bank’s compassionate approach during the pandemic has been a lifeline for some UK social and cultural organisations

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Creative coping 32

From food bank stickers to safety signage, designers have been responding colourfully to Covid-19

50 Starting up against the odds A global pandemic may not be the most obvious cue to launch a business. But for these entrepreneurs, it has worked

66 Forest guardians Why trusting the indigenous people of rainforest communities might be the best way to protect these threatened ecosystems

44 Untying the knot ‘A good divorce’ sounds like a contradiction in terms. But it is possible, say those who have done it

People want to come out the other side without burning a huge amount of time and energy on a big fight p44

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