Kenya’s green holiday: a solution for climate change?
Catriona Eke discusses the new 'green holiday' in Kenya and considers the benefits of planting trees amongst a warming planet.
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Far from nursery rhymes: William Blake’s ‘Songs of Innocence and Experience’
How William Blake's poems about nature and children also comment upon representations of God and criticise the government.
Thoughts before crossing the Pyrenees by foot
The thoughts that are motivating me to walk 800kms across the Pyrenees
If you go down to the woods today
Grace Dobbie writes about her favourite woodland spot in Durham - especially in the spring!
A love letter to autumn in Durham
Maia Cuschera takes a moment to appreciate Durham in autumn.
Being out in nature: get outdoors in Durham
Rebecca Fletcher shares her favourite places to explore and experience autumn in Durham.
Durham in Autumn
For this week's Editor's Note, Kirsten Meek expresses her love for the beauty of Durham in autumn.
Good COP or bad COP: was the conference a success?
Lia Windsor looks optimistically at the progress we made from COP26.
Fly Of Mind
Muhammad Saleem reflects on the relationship between mind and body, and the intrinsic link between nature, life and death. A thought provoking poem filled with evocative imagery and interesting musings…
Commentary: ‘A Day on the River’ by Vernon Scannell (Part 1)
Scannell foregrounds a wider theme of maturation through a gradual shift in his description of the river, conveying remembrance and the loss of an innocent childhood.