A poetic voice with cheeky verve . By Roy Duffield.
The Naming of Plants
A child's universe, alive with what grows in a back yard. By Stephen Orr.

Pandemic Revelations: Critical response in the Battle Against Covid-19
How to think critically about the pandemic. By David Cayley. Paintings by Anton Hirschfeld.

Circular Arguments: Crop Circles, Art and Symbolism
Crop circles often reference sacred geometry, which contains the measure of man, of nature and of the universe, expressed in harmonic proportions. By Angela Lord.

The Self as Cipher: Salman Toor’s Narrative Paintings
Seeing into the richness and vulnerability of a sexually diverse Brown man's identity. By Ambika Trasi.

Snow Delivery
A simple instruction, magical and yet so perfectly sensible, throws bitterness to the wind. By Caroline Lola Hopper.


Germaine Greer on a Bug's Life, and Ours
Face to face with hauntingly beautiful insects . . . and an interview with Germaine Greer on why invertebrates matter. By Whitney Smith.

Isaiah Berlin on 'The Greatest Leader of Democracy in the 20th Century'
A mixture of character, heart and political talent in Franklin Delano Roosevelt made him a world hero. By Isaiah Berlin.

Looking the pandemic in the eye
On the extent to which the pandemic's "fearsome reputation has eclipsed and occasionally exceeded its actual effects." By David Cayley.

In the Corners Hit by the Sun: The Visual Poetry of Gustavo Minas
"Under a certain light, nothing looked ordinary." Photographs by Gustavo Minas.
