Goya’s bleak midwinter
How the painter dropped a sliver of ice into his light-hearted tapestry designs for the Spanish royal family
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How to find joy in January
Let’s keep the festivities going. The Christmas season doesn’t conclude until February, anyway.
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Creatures of the broken contract
As the seasons have been disrupted by climate change, many species have been left mercilessly exposed.
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The warm winter’s underwhelming crop
The marvellous front gardens near Kew leave me in awe of those who managed to grow tulips this spring.
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The scientific reason why January lasts forever
The feeling that it is the longest month, on the surface at least, makes no sense.
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It’s bright January days when I feel most myself
Summer is an endurance test; Christmas is claustrophobia – but the start of the calendar is a wide open space.
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Winter Reflection: Fellowship of the flock
The pied wagtails delight in urban environments, and display a communality during the darkest, hardest months of the year.
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The secrets of frost
Frost doesn’t merely transform our surroundings – it alters the kind of attention we pay to the world.
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Instead of insulating from winter, I have decided to expose myself to it
Forcing myself outside, and into a new mindset, has altered my way of encountering the world.
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