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Ed Vere: Being compassionate, kind, gentle, empathetic and creative isn’t a weakness, it’s part of being a fully rounded human being
The British author-illustrator on teaching children to notice things, why boredom is underrated, and how the fences we build – on farms, in classrooms, around wildlife – do more harm than good.
Fiona Banner AKA The Vanity Press: AI is disembodying language – but it is still of us
The British artist on conflict, control, the false clarity of the picturesque – and why all art is a form of activism.
Phoebe Smith: Nature has saved my life – more than once
The adventurer, author and outdoor advocate on growing up shut out of wild places, the night under the stars that changed everything, and why access to nature is a right, not a privilege.
Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg: What does “better” really mean – and for whom? Who defines it?
The UK artist on why “progress” isn’t always progress, why art shouldn’t pretend to have all the answers, and why nature needs less control.
Brandon: Music, like nature, isn’t a commodity we should buy and sell: it’s sacred
The Californian singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist on resisting the speed and greed of the world and protecting the things that matter.
Jon Gower: You don’t have to live in a monastery to feel that gift of silence
The writer and lifelong birder on fifty years of change written into our birdlife, the discipline of really looking, and the moment of silence that transformed him.
Sirens of Lesbos: If we don’t also tackle war, extraction, inequality, then the rest is just cosmetic
The sisters behind Swiss music collective, Sirens of Lesbos on community as a survival strategy, why their art is inseparable from politics, and why environmentalism means nothing without tackling the systems beneath it.
Anna McNuff: I would rather have deeper conversations with 100 people than get a fleeting like from 40,000
The adventurer, author, and self-confessed mischief maker on how social media narrows our world, how community opens it up, and why leaning into the mess is where the good stuff begins.
Matilda Mann: Good storytelling opens things up in ways facts can’t
The London-based singer-songwriter on music as therapy, embracing mistakes, and tuning out echo chambers.
Jawara Alleyne: There’s so much influence, but not much is actually influencing
The Jamaican-born, Rihanna-approved designer on fashion’s fixation with speed, the shrinking space for creativity, and why visibility isn’t the same as influence.
Gab Bois: You can reinvent the wheel – but first, you need to understand the wheel
The Montréal artist on fast-scrolling culture, the pull of real objects, and how childhood curiosity still fuels her work.
Thomasina Miers: Politicians are cowards when it comes to saying, ‘Eat a bit less meat.’ They won’t touch it. But that’s the issue
The Master Chef winner and Wahaca coufounder on cheap chicken, political cowardice, and why eating less meat matters more than most people want to admit.
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