Tuesday, 26 April 2016

'Every Minute We Think About War'

'Every Minute We Think About War'

After three decades of uninterrupted bloodshed, war is the only way of life many people in Afghanistan know. The psychological toil of endless conflict is profound. Cases of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, drug-induced psychosis, major depressive disorders, and anxiety are commonplace throughout the country. But as the scourge of mental illness spreads, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is barely diagnosed at all.
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Meet the pioneer who built his own empire in the Central Australian desert

Meet the pioneer who built his own empire in the Central Australian desert

A tin shed and lots of red dirt is what greeted the Severins when they moved to Curtin Springs.
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India in sepia

India in sepia

In the eyes of early British photographers, 19th-century India was a place of romance and serenity. It’s an image most Indians at the time wouldn’t have recognised.
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What One Photographer Saw in Deer that Wander Down the Streets

What One Photographer Saw in Deer that Wander Down the Streets

Shika-Shika, a new photo collection by Yoko Ishii
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What Enid Blyton’s school stories taught me about ethics

What Enid Blyton’s school stories taught me about ethics

The unfashionable world of Blyton’s school stories still has much to say about what it means to live an ethical life
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Watch a Japanese Man Play 'Amazing Grace' on a Cabbage

Watch a Japanese Man Play 'Amazing Grace' on a Cabbage

Junji Koyama makes musical instruments out of vegetables.
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There's a Neolithic Sauna at Marden Henge!

There's a Neolithic Sauna at Marden Henge!

An amazing discovery in Wiltshire is throwing a whole new light on the way we think henges might have been used in Neolithic Britain.
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