Just when you think nothing in cinema can shock you anymore, William Friedkin shows up and does something so horrifying that it beggars belief. His latest film Killer Joe contains [...]
Author Archive for Jan Haley
Jan is passionate about learning to live in harmony with the natural world and at the same time empowering people to realise much more of their potential. She is a permanent student of life, science and spirituality. With a background in public relations and then retail, she is now 'taking time out' to write her first novel. “I'm writing about the life I want to live. Once the book is out, I'll be looking for a place to put down eco-roots myself!” She keeps a sporadic blog at http://joy-generation.blogspot.com/
Transition Now Before It’s Too Late
If permaculture is bringing answers to the awkward questions around sustainability, then community is how we can make permaculture a reality on a meaningful scale. For a brief introduction to permaculture, see my earlier article here. I’m delighted to report that many communities are now finding their feet and getting off their sofas to do [...]
Permaculture Brings Harmony to Life
If our current lifestyle truly is unsustainable – and there are many voices clamouring that this is so – what are we to do about it? Is turning off a few appliances, having one less holiday abroad a year, sorting all our rubbish into four different bins and buying fair-trade fashion enough to turn the [...]
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Three Good Things on a Plate
As always there has to be some moral to my articles, and so I am not just talking about the fantastic meal that was prepared for me the other weekend taken from [...]
Style
Summer Loving
It’s that time of year again – hemlines come up, necklines go down, and the opportunities to hide our lumps and bumps under thick and forgiving fabrics become more and [...]
Relationships
The Dating Diary of Miss X – Chapter 6
In Chapter 6 of The Dating Diary of Miss X, our very single and very anonymous Miss X talks about what she’s learnt from “The Magic” and gets back in touch with an ex – Mr [...]
