# aesthetic pleasure

In a talk to a U3A (university of the third age) group, I made the point that beauty does not exist in the natural world but is a creation of our brains. Aware the point seems totally at odds with our experience and intuition, I provided an opportunity for comments or questions. One man could […]

(This post supplements material in Chapter 8 of ‘Connect with Nature’.) Michael Portillo is probably best known for his TV documentaries on railway journeys, but Australia’s SBS network is currently screening a series recording a walking trip he did in Devon and Cornwall.  In contrast to his upbeat railway documentaries, this series is more personal, […]

(This post supplements material in Chapter 11 of Connect with Nature). I recounted in my last post how a couple of doses of nature in the form of visits to my village gardens ‘cured’ me of a case of nature deprivation brought on by a long hospital stay. The visits, or at least the opportunity […]