special crafts issue: A Tale of Tapestry

CRAFT OF LIVING • Satish Kumar

Crafts enhance creativity, beauty and the imagination.

OBJECTS OF ENCHANTMENT • John Lane

We know ourselves from the things we have made.

HAND-WORK AT THE END OF THE CENTURY • Tony Ford

Handmade objects have a human warmth which industry will never reproduce.

A TALE OF TAPESTRIES • Clio Mitchell

At the Wissa Wassef Art School in Egypt vibrant rhythms are woven into a dance of life.

PLAY IN CLAY • Rebecca Hossack

The pottery of Ann Stokes is infused with a sense of lightness and play.

THE RETURN OF APPRENTICESHIP • Barrie Thompson

A conversation with Sophie Poklewski Koziell

LISTENING TO WOOD • Tobias Kaye

Interview by Satish Kumar

WHAT MY GARDEN MEANS TO ME • Anita Roddick

I've never painted, never written, never taken photos: the garden was something I created.

HONOURING GARDEN STONES • Marc Peter Keane

In Japan the placement of stones is considered to be the central act of gardening.

BREAD BEAUTIFUL • Dana Spowers

Breadmaking is an art.

RIGHT TO ROAM • Paul Kingsnorth

We must fight to keep our public footpaths.

CREATIVE CONSERVATION • Richard Scott

In Liverpool, Land Life Trust is bringing wilderness close to people.

WORKING HOLIDAYS • Helen Conway

It's better to unwind doing something active.

A VISUAL LANGUAGE • Peter Abbs

To understand the art of Peter Baldwin we need to engage the active eye.

THE VALUES OF SCIENCE • Michael Shaw Bond

Science can never be value-free.

NEW COLONIALISM • Andrew Simms

Free markets and first-class travel are the instruments of a new oppression.

COCA-COLA BREAK • Donella Meadows

Don't let Coke take over the world.

SUBVERTISING • Polly Ghazi

Adbusters magazine is challenging the advertising culture.

The Occasional Didymus • John Moat

Poetry • Pascale Petit

Letter from America • Jay Walljasper

Business Diary • David Boyle

Good News For Gaia • Lorna Howarth

Letters to the Editors

In Case You Missed It • Victoria Bawtree

CULTIVATING A GARDEN • John Lane

OLD HISTORY, NEW TIME • Mary Tasker

Review of The Wealth and Poverty of Nations and The Information Age, Economy, Society and Culture Vol. III

SOUND OF THE EAST • Mark Kidel

Review of Raga Mala: the autobiography of Ravi Shankar

REVERENCE FOR NATURE • Stephan Harding

Review of Gaia's Body

ORIGINS OF LIFE • Lynn Hunt

Review of The Modern Antiquarian

LEARNING THROUGH ART • Jenny Brain

Review of Art: The Basis of Education

POWER OF CHOICE • Judy Jones

Review of Manual 2000 - Life Choices for the Future You Want