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Phoebe Boswell at Autograph: The Space Between Things
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In the south of Chile, trees pre-date the Dinosaurs
A piece written for The Wilderness Archive, in response to a research trip to a forest called Bosque Pehuén, in the south of Chile. The jurassic trees that grow there are dying, thought to be the result of climate change. This article is a lyrical response to the time I spent in the forest.
The 15 best vegan holiday destinations – from Berlin to New York City
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Is Stratford London’s most up and coming district?
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Athi-Patra Ruga: Of Gods, Omissions and Rainbows
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Quantum Ghost: Libita Clayton at Gasworks
Written for Plinth UK Libita Clayton is digging. Digging through the stories of a land, through newspaper clippings and personal testimonies, physical spaces and nearly-vanished traces. Plunging into the Namibian earth, she hits reserves of uranium stashed beneath its craterous surface – as politically charged as it is radioactive, and crucially finite. Are we above?… Continue reading Quantum Ghost: Libita Clayton at Gasworks
Blowing its own Trumpet: Jazz’s New American Dream
Written for US of America Across America, jazz artists are exploding onto the popular music scene. Innovative cross-genre collaborations and multi-instrumentalist producers are blowing jazz’s stuffy musical reputation out the water, making way for an undefinable, electrifying musical sound. “He is bound to the track. It pulls him like a needle through the groove of… Continue reading Blowing its own Trumpet: Jazz’s New American Dream
Day of the Dead: Everything you need to know about the Mexican festival
Written for inews Nothing is more iconic than the skeleton masks and beautiful but eerie costumes that characterise Mexico’s Día de Muertos Mexico’s Day of the Dead was famously captured on the silver screen in the James Bond film Spectre, but the colourful, masquerade festival is a deeply rooted Mexican tradition that dates back 3000… Continue reading Day of the Dead: Everything you need to know about the Mexican festival
Barter Week: How to sleep in these dreamy B&Bs for one week and pay nothing
Written for inews Harness your skills in exchange for a week’s free rent in over sixty countries Are you great at making jam? Or building garden sheds? Thanks to Barter Week, it is now possible to stay in bed and breakfasts around the world in exchange for a skill, activity or requested item. Spend a… Continue reading Barter Week: How to sleep in these dreamy B&Bs for one week and pay nothing
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