Emily Young: Giving Voice to the Earth
The distinguished sculptor Emily Young talks about her work and the stories that stone can tell us
‘What does it look like when a human is at one with the universe? Embracing it all…’
Richard Lewis: Pilgrim in the Land of Children
Robert Hirshfield appreciates the work of a teacher who has devoted his life to inspiring children to write imaginative poetry
‘A child is the privacy of a universe learning to talk to itself.’
Introducing… ‘Perfect Days’ and ‘Nowhere Special’
Jane Clark watches two films with a contemplative theme
In Memory of Bill Viola (1951–2024)
Jane Carroll pays tribute to the acclaimed video artist, who died on July 12th 2024
This Little Light of Mine
Joy Bostic talks about Africana spirituality and its expression in popular music and dance
‘These embodied rituals which involve movement, gestures, and verbal affirmations, call and response, etc. – all these are strategies that enable us to have an experience of, or open the way for the possibility of experiencing, spirit.’
Poems of Hope and Light
Neil Astley, founder of Bloodaxe Books, talks about the universal appeal of contemporary poetry and the series of inspiring anthologies he has edited
‘Poetry makes something happen in people themselves – in how they are in their being, in how they deal with things, whether they are personal situations or shared with a whole nation or the whole world.’