Everyone likes trees

International Day of Forests falls on Thursday 21 March 2019. Its theme this year is Forests and Education.

Pause for thought: New Year

Celebrating Käthe Kollwitz

Käthe Kollwitz (1867-1945) is one of the most important female sculptors and printmakers of the 20th century.

2017 – a year of uncertainty

There is a time to be silent and a time to speak.

Stone, Paper, Scissors…

Believe it or not a Paper Scissors Stone Club was founded in England in 1842.

Leonard Cohen: Casting light in the darkness

Leonard Cohen turned to songwriting because he wasn’t making a living as a writer. He never looked back.

October

A season of melancholy for poets, autumn is often made magical by the blue skies of October.