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Since Kabul fell to the Taliban three and a half years ago, Untold Narratives has helped to protect the courageous words of women writers positive.news/society/keepin…

.Rachel Reeves holds newts in contempt, it seems. So I thought I'd post this glorious painting of a "lion of the duckweed" by Jackie Morris + my paean to these "kings of the pond", both from The Lost Words. Newt-lovers, unite!

A new rainforest is taking shape in England, where volunteers have spent the winter transforming a barren field once used for grazing into a fledgling temperate woodland positive.news/society/good-n…

💡 "The media you absorb affects your thoughts, emotions and ultimately your quality of life." by Jodie jackson for Positive News 👉 positive.news/lifestyle/well… #media #mentalhealth

Listening to Nick Cave on Desert Island Discs, I was deeply struck by his saying "Hope is optimism with a broken heart". It has resonated around inside me ever since.

This is gorgeous. Direct link to the Official Finnish Soundscape here - finland.fi/soundscape/

Start your day right with a round up of this week’s good stuff. Back on the What Went Right beat for Positive News 👀 positive.news/society/good-n…

Artists need encouragement and exposure to the light. A new prize launched by Winsor & Newton and the Paul Smith Foundation is setting out to do just that. Partner content sponsored by Winsor & Newton positive.news/society/art-fo…

My Dear Kabul (Coronet, 2024) was featured by Martin Wright (Martin Wright) for Positive News (Positive News), including an interview with Marie, one of My Dear Kabul’s Afghan women writers.  positive.news/society/keepin…

40% of people globally can access higher education; only 6% of refugees can say the same. Our Sanctuary Fund is highlighted by Positive News sharing stories of scholars aiming to use their "once-in-a-lifetime chance" to give back "to all humanity". tinyurl.com/h5zjmu9

Word of the day is ‘blutterbunged’, from 19th-century dialect: to be open-mouthed in astonishment.

This is my interview with the remarkable Esther Ghey, mother of Brianna who was murdered two years ago. If you're feeling pissed off/terrified at the state of the world, I think Esther will give you some hope in humanity theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…

These deeply beautiful maps show the migration patterns of––respectively––Curlew, Kittiwake & Blackcap. From this interactive migration atlas recording migrations of 300 bird species: migrationatlas.org Birds both tether us to places & stitch the world together.

“I would have to cure cancer on the moon to be known for something else besides this case. But with the people who matter to me, that is not the defining thing that I am." Absolute privilege to chat with Amanda Knox for this in Positive News positive.news/society/i-crea…

Among the lost positives consigned to the dusty corners of the dictionary is ‘reck’, meaning ‘care’, ‘heed’, and ‘consideration’. Which means we can be reckful instead of reckless (and feckful, gormful, ruthful, ept, kempt, couth, consolate, and many more).

Word of the day is the Japanese ’seijaku’: a calm and tranquillity even in the midst of chaos. Often found in nature’s smallest things. Photo by Xuan Hoa Le

One of the first fresh GCSEs in a decade will teach students about the climate crisis, sustainability and the natural environment positive.news/society/greeni…

The new issue of Positive News magazine is out now! Meet six people with joyful jobs – from a green energy whizz to a rewilder. Also inside: sustainable floristry, how to get better rest, and more. Subscribe now: positive.news/product/magazi…

“I see abundance in a surge of creativity that’s rising up right now, as is often the case at times of rapid change” – Positive News editor-in-chief Lucy Purdy (Lucy Purdy) positive.news/society/tuning…

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