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  • The Nightingale’s Song

    Take 40 minutes and watch this short film about musician Sam Lee singing with what might be one of the last generations of Nightingales in the UK. A quiet, gentle film which I found both really moving and inspiring.

  • Emergence Magazine

    Hurrah! My copy of the latest issue of the award-winning Emergence Magazine arrived today. They publish the print version only once a year, but also provide engaging online content throughout the year. The magazine explores the connections between ecology, culture, and spirituality, often through long-form storytelling, essays, art, and film. One of my favourite publications and websites, highly recommended.

    Emergence Magazine Vol. 6
    Reflecting a world where the seasons are no longer familiar, our new print edition moves through themes of requiem, invitation, and celebration, exploring how the myriad expressions of the changing Earth unfold through the seasons.
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    emergencemagazine.org

  • Small Prophets

    Watched the first episode. Magic.

    Small Prophets review – Mackenzie Crook’s magical new comedy is pure, pure pleasure
    Wonder lies below the surface of this truly fantastic sitcom from the creator of Detectorists. It’s an impossible marvel of TV making
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    www.theguardian.com

  • Campfire Stories

    campfire-stories.org is a wonderful source of human, humane short films with meaning. Also on YouTube.

    Campfire Stories
    Campfire Stories is a cinematic journey into the heart of human experience and ecological consciousness. Curated by documentary filmmaker Mattias Olsson, the channel features films and long-form conversations with thought leaders such as Charles Eisenstein, Vandana Shiva, and Stephen Jenkinson. Topics range from regenerative agriculture, permaculture, and simplified living to tiny house & off-grid life, poetry, storytelling, and systems change. Each episode invites you to slow down, reflect, and reconnect—with nature, community, and purpose. Whether you’re exploring alternative lifestyles or seeking deeper perspectives on the world we live in, these stories offer inspiration and insight. Gather around the campfire and discover a new narrative.
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    www.youtube.com

  • Patterns & Textures #1

    Out and about in Oxford this weekend collecting some patterns and textures to use in designs.

  • Oxford Botanic Garden, Early Winte

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    The Oxford Botanic Garden is the oldest botanic garden in the UK. It features over 5000 plants in over 200 species. The garden was founded in 1621 as a physic garden growing plants for medicinal research for the hospital which was located across the street where Magdalen College is today.

  • The Ashmolean Museum

    According to the Ashmolean, their Cast Gallery is one of the oldest, largest and best-preserved collections of casts of Greek and Roman sculpture in the UK, containing some 900 plaster casts of statues, reliefs and architectural sculptures.

    It’s amazingly fun to photography due to the crowded juxtaposition of all the casts, allowing them to interact in surprising and interesting ways.