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Drops of water
| Daisy LafargeMaïa Walcott
In the compulsory isolation of lockdown, Daisy Lafarge’s repeated visits – via a new microscope – to the miniature worlds contained by drops of pond water provided her with the company and escapism she craved.
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How ritual creates meaning
| Victoria Adukwei BulleyMaïa Walcott
In a world that encourages us to quash our sense of wonder, ritual can help push away apathy and nurture life-enhancing creativity and imagination.
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Robinson Crusoe and the morality of solitude
| Professor Barbara Taylor
Robinson Crusoe, fiction’s most famous castaway, was certainly isolated, but did he suffer the intrinsically modern affliction of loneliness?