How We Engage With Stories About War

Why this book about Ukraine should be on your reading list

Aug 6 • 

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June 2025

"I can hear myself again here" – Will Cooper on swapping London kitchens for countryside craft

Meet the 'slow food' writer who makes his own natural ingredients, nerds out on local history, and chose curiosity instead of a Law degree

Jun 30 • 

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"Coffee is as cross-cultural as it gets"

Meet the Ugandan coffee entrepreneur who's using strategic storytelling to bridge divides and mobilise her industry

Jun 5 • 

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Upcoming Conversations

Insights about place, travel, creativity and meaningful work – and not from me! Soon I'll be sharing interviews with darned interesting people from all…

Jun 3 • 

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The Automation of Lighthouses

A view of progress from the top of Ardnamurchan, on the west coast of Scotland

Jun 1 • 

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May 2025

Discovering Secret Standing Stones on the Isle of Mull

A short hike to an ancient meeting place that'll never be on tourists' bucket lists

May 15 • 

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The Ghosts of Inverailort

An abandoned Scottish mansion, and a sight I can't explain

May 12 • 

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Leverhulme's Lost Empire

100 years after a doomed project to industrialise the Outer Hebrides, it's time to reflect on the problem of stewardship

May 7 • 

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April 2025

What Remains At Bunavoneader

Walking the ruins of a failed whaling station in the Outer Hebrides

Apr 28 • 

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The True Cost of Bridges

Friction may be a problem, but it prevents things from slipping away

Apr 8 • 

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March 2025

From Folk Songs to Fascism: The Rise and Fall of Wandervögel

What can we learn from this pre-Nazi German youth movement and the travellers it inspired?

Mar 24 • 

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February 2025

The End Of The Road To Nowhere

My objective today is to drive beyond the site of buried Norse antiquities, the abandoned military outpost and the crumbled medieval nunnery, to the end…

Feb 17 • 

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