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- Book extract
- Book extract
Winter blues and the story of SAD
| Linda Geddes
In ‘Chasing the Sun‘ Linda Geddes reveals why for some people, winter is literally depressing, showing how we first came to recognise seasonal affective disorder (SAD).
- Article
- Article
Homes for the hives of industry
| Emily Sargent
By building workers’ villages, industry titans demonstrated both philanthropy and control. Employees’ health improved, while rulebooks told them how to live ideal lives.
- Article
- Article
In search of the ‘nature cure’
| Samantha WaltonSteven Pocock
Under the competing pressures of modern life, many of us succumb to mental ill health. Samantha Walton explores why so-called ‘nature cures’ don’t help, and how the living world can actually help us.
- Long read
- Long read
The ambivalence of air
| Daisy LafargeCarol Nazatto
Daisy Lafarge investigates the effects of air quality and pressure on body and mind, exploring air as cure, but one with contradictions.