Author Profile: John Lane
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Vitality of Spirit • John Lane
Issue 259 • March/April 2010 • Seeds of Change: The Future of Food > Reviews
Review of In Celebration of Cecil Colins
Evolution of a New Paradigm • John Lane
Issue 253 • March/April 2009 • Economics of Place > Reviews
Review of Holistic Education: Learning from Schumacher College.
Intense Images • John Lane
Issue 249 • July/August 2008 • Music for Transformation > Reviews
Review of Koudelka, Robert Delpire | Dominique Eddé | Michel Frizot | Anna Fárová
An Innocent Eye • John Lane
Issue 247 • March/April 2008 • Long Live Biodiversity! > Reviews
Review of Mary Newcomb
THE CREATIVE IMPULSE • John Lane
Issue 238 • September/October 2006 • Celebrating 40 Years of Resurgence > Reviews
Review of Every Man an Artist (ed.) Brian Keeble and On the Nature & Significance of the Crafts by Brian Keeble
THE NATURAL VISION • John Lane
Issue 237 • July/August 2006 • Reflecting on India > Culture
A tribute to John Constable, written to coincide with an exhibition at Tate Britain.
Review - THE CREATIVE IMPULSE • John Lane
Issue 236 • May/June 2006 • Animate Earth > Web Exclusives > Review
Review of On the Nature & Significance of the Crafts by Brian Keeble
BACK TO THE FUTURE • John Lane
Issue 236 • May/June 2006 • Animate Earth > Reviews
Review of Architecture in Wood by Will Pryce
LUMINOUS VISION • John Lane
Issue 234 • January/February 2006 • Earth, Wealth and Wellbeing > The Arts
A tribute to the visionary painter Samuel Palmer.
ANIMAL MAGIC • John Lane
Issue 233 • November/December 2005 • The Answer is still Peace > Reviews
Review - ELABORATE EMBROIDERY • John Lane
Issue 231 • July/August 2005 • The Four Pillars of Sustainability > Web Exclusives > Review
Review of Bright Flowers by Christina Sumner and Guy Petherbridge
GLIMPSES OF PARADISE • John Lane
Issue 231 • July/August 2005 • The Four Pillars of Sustainability > Reviews
Review of Heaven on Earth
THE FLOATING WORLD • John Lane
Issue 230 • May/June 2005 • Inspired Designs > Reviews
Review of Hokusai
SOLITUDE'S SECRET HARVEST • John Lane
Issue 229 • March/April 2005 • The Spiritual Imperative > Feature Articles
A look at the lives and work of creative recluses.
FIRED EARTH • John Lane
Issue 227 • November/December 2004 • Dialogue with Nature > Reviews
Review of Brick: A World History
ESSENTIALLY ENGLISH ARTISTS • John Lane
Issue 225 • July/August 2004 • Seeds of Life > Reviews
Review of The England of Eric Ravilious and Ben Nicholson: drawings and painted reliefs
THE ACT OF OBSERVATION • John Lane
Issue 224 • May/June 2004 • The Heat is On > Reviews
Review of Henri Cartier-Bresson
FROM HUMANISM TO WHOLENESS • John Lane
Issue 223 • March/April 2004 • Art for Earth's Sake > Feature Articles
Integrating art, land and life.
THE PERFECT ANTIDOTE TO GLOBALISATION • John Lane
Issue 223 • March/April 2004 • Art for Earth's Sake > Reviews
Review of Dwellings: The Vernacular House Worldwide and Cosmic Architecture in India
TREASURES IN STONE • John Lane
Issue 222 • January/February 2004 • Natural Governance > Reviews
Review of The Temples of Angkor and Ruins of Angkor in Cambodia in 1909
THE BEAUTY OF ISLAM • John Lane
Issue 220 • September/October 2003 • Science and Spirituality > Reviews
Review of Islamic Art and Architecture and The Mosque
SEEING THE WORLD AFRESH • John Lane
Issue 218 • May/June 2003 • Futility of War > Reviews
Review of Matthias Grünewald and Henri Cartier- Bresson: Landscape/Townscape
IN SEARCH OF AWARENESS • John Lane
Issue 217 • March/April 2003 • Myth of Prosperity > Feature Articles
The paintings of John Danvers.
PLEASURES IN PRINT • John Lane
Issue 216 • January/February 2003 • Patterns of Wholeness > Reviews
Review of The Floating World of Ukiyo-E.
OF KIFF AND KLEE • John Lane
Issue 215 • November/December 2002 • The Power of Nature > Reviews
Review of Ken Kiff and Paul Klee Selected by Genius
SACRED SPACES • John Lane
Issue 214 • September/October 2002 • Challenge at Johannesburg > Reviews
Review of Architecture of Silence and Architecture of Truth
CREATIVE IMPULSE • John Lane
Issue 213 • July/August 2002 • Reverential Ecology > Reviews
Review of Raw Creation and Ben Hartley
SPANISH SENSUALITY • John Lane
Issue 212 • May/June 2002 • Kamasutra: The Art of Love > Reviews
Review of Picasso Erotique
ONLY AN EYE, BUT WHAT AN EYE! • John Lane
Issue 211 • March/April 2002 • A sense of belonging > Reviews
Review of Atget the Pioneer, The English Angel
PARADISE FOUND • John Lane
Issue 210 • January/February 2002 • In Adoration of Nature > Reviews
Review of Icons of Garden Design
WHAT IS CRAFT? • John Lane
Issue 209 • November/December 2001 • Crafts for Christmas > Crafts
A decent tradition of work.
A MODERN MASTER • John Lane
Issue 208 • September/October 2001 • Technology: dream or nightmare? > Reviews
Review of Arthur Boyd: Art and Life
A VISION REVISITED • John Lane
Issue 207 • July/August 2001 • Art Makes Life > Reviews
Review of William Blake: The Complete Illuminated Books/William Blake: Chambers of Imagination
THE ART OF SCIENCE • John Lane
Issue 206 • May/June 2001 • The Earth is all the home we have > Reviews
Review of Homage to Gaia
IMAGES FOR THE SOUL • John Lane
Issue 205 • March/April 2001 • Good food and better farming > The Arts
Robin Baring is an artist of mystical vision.
SACRED PLACES • John Lane
Issue 204 • January/February 2001 • The force of imagination > Reviews
Review of The Spirit of Asia
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Issue 203 • November/December 2000 • It is a gift to be simple > Reviews
Review of How the Whale Became
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Issue 203 • November/December 2000 • It is a gift to be simple > Reviews
Review of The Tribal Arts of Africa Chokwe!
PEOPLE'S CRAFT • John Lane
Issue 203 • November/December 2000 • It is a gift to be simple > Reviews
Review of Traditional Pottery of India The Golden Age of Irish Art
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT • John Lane
Issue 202 • September/October 2000 • Homage to Gaia > Reviews
Review of Chardin
MUCH ADO ABOUT MODERNISM • John Lane
Issue 201 • July/August 2000 • Only Connect - Soil, Soul, Society > Reviews
Review of Modern Times Modern Places
THE RURAL SPELL • John Lane
Issue 200 • May/June 2000 • Culture of Compassion > Reviews
Review of Village Voices: French Country Life, and On Country Roads and Fields: The depiction of 18th and 19th century landscape
PHOTOGRAPHIC VISION • John Lane
Issue 199 • March/April 2000 • You are, therefore I am > Reviews
Review of Brandt: The photography
CITY OF SHIVA • John Lane
Issue 198 • January/February 2000 • Nature Millennium > Reviews
Review of Benares Seen from Within
PRAISE TO INDIA • John Lane
Issue 197 • November/December 1999 • Transport > Reviews
Review of River of Colour: The India of Raghubir Singh and India: Don McCullin
ENCHANTING BEAUTY • John Lane
Issue 196 • September/October 1999 • Myth of Progress > Reviews
Review of Five Centuries of Sienese Painting
OBJECTS OF ENCHANTMENT • John Lane
Issue 194 • May/June 1999 • special crafts issue: A Tale of Tapestry > Feature Articles
We know ourselves from the things we have made.
CULTIVATING A GARDEN • John Lane
Issue 194 • May/June 1999 • special crafts issue: A Tale of Tapestry > Reviews
A SPIRITUAL WARRIOR • John Lane
Issue 193 • March/April 1999 • Deterrence - Nature - Wild > Reviews
Review of Loyalty Demands Dissent
Craft: POETRY OF NEEDLE AND THREAD • John Lane
Issue 192 • January/February 1999 • The Language of Animals > The Arts
Work in an office or a factory is seen to be the sign of progress in our time but for Cecilia Löfström embroidery of beauty holds value.
ARTS OF ASIA • John Lane
Issue 192 • January/February 1999 • The Language of Animals > Reviews
Review of Master works of Asian Art, Dancing to the Flute: Music and Dance in Indian Art and Indian Court Painting 16th-19th century
THE FOURTH WISE MAN • John Lane
Issue 191 • November/December 1998 • Wildlands Philanthropy > Reviews
Review of The Greatest Gift: The Story of the Other Wise Man
RICH TRADITIONS • John Lane
Issue 190 • September/October 1998 • Nature, Science and Society > Reviews
Review of Tribes - Art Wolfe
BODY ART • John Lane
Issue 189 • July/August 1998 • Right to a Way of Life > Reviews
Review of Decorated Skin: A World Survey of Body Art
TRANSFORMING CITIES • John Lane
Issue 188 • May/June 1998 • The Gene Debate > Reviews
Review of The Resurgence of the RealA HUMBLE DEFIANCE
SONG OF LIFE • John Lane
Issue 186 • January/February 1998 • Natural Spirituality > Reviews
Review of appreciates a storyteller.
THEATRE IN A LIVING CULTURE • John Lane
Issue 181 • March/April 1997 • Land Reform in Britain > Feature Articles
Footsbarn is a multi-cultural community whose skills are shared co-operatively. Its theatre is a travelling tent. It is one of the most exciting theatre companies in Europe today.
THE PERFECT ENJOYER. • Clive Hicks & John Lane
Issue 181 • March/April 1997 • Land Reform in Britain > Reviews
Review of The Face of Glory by William Anderson