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SUMMARY:Heritage Tree Walk led by Julian Hight
DESCRIPTION:A chance to meet some of Frome’s most majestic trees\, and hear about their history\, legacy and lore from the arboreal expert Julian Hight\, author of many books including the beautiful new The Ancient Tree Explorer. \nThis will be an easy walk\, lasting about 90 minutes. It will start at the Cheese and Grain (BA11 1BE)\, leaving at 10am prompt. Children are welcome if accompanied by a responsible adult. Places are limited so please book early. \nThis event is part of the Consider the Wondrous | nature\, wonder\, books & us festival.
URL:https://www.discoverfrome.co.uk/event/heritage-tree-walk-led-by-julian-hight/
LOCATION:Cheese and Grain\, Market Yard\, Frome\, BA11 1BE
CATEGORIES:Environment,Literature,Nature,Sustainability,Talk,Walks
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SUMMARY:Gareth Howell-Jones & Jay Griffiths | Our Place in the Living World
DESCRIPTION:Consider the Wondrous opens with festival Director Gareth Howell-Jones explaining how Consider the Wondrous came about\, why it’s in Frome\, what it is for\, and what he hopes the project can begin to achieve. He’ll talk too about the simple but radical way of looking squarely at nature that underpins his books Do Not Call the Tortoise and Your Lowly Hedgehog Knows. \nJay Griffiths has won many awards and written on a variety of subjects with guts\, grace and passion. In How Animals Heal Us\, she draws on deep research to show how animals not only help our physical and mental health but have influenced our society and carry a deep spiritual charge. The book is teeming with eye-opening stories – about the life-saving justice of dogs and lions; about the ethics of wolves; about fieldfares who demonstrate the power of community in the most unexpected way! \nThe event takes place in the festival’s venue for the weekend\, RISE. So come early\, grab a coffee (and perhaps a pastry) from onsite Rye Bakery and let your festival weekend begin in calm and wondrous style… \nPlease note: there is no parking at the venue itself\, but there is plenty of long-stay public parking within close walking distance to the venue at Cattle Market Car Park or Merchants Barton Car Park.  The venue is fully accessible for wheelchair users. \nThis event is part of the Consider the Wondrous | nature\, wonder\, books & us festival.
URL:https://www.discoverfrome.co.uk/event/gareth-howell-jones-jay-griffiths-our-place-in-the-living-world/
LOCATION:Rise Frome\, Whittox Lane\, Frome\, Somerset\, BA11 3BY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Animals,Environment,Literature,Nature,Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260919T120000
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SUMMARY:JC Niala & Amanda Tuke talk to Stephen Moss | Wildlife in the Towns and Cities
DESCRIPTION:“As cities grow\, the danger is not only ecological but emotional… If we want a future that is not only liveable but meaningful\, we must learn to care differently. That begins by paying attention – to the cracks in the pavements\, the stories in trees\, the silence that follows loss.” JC Niala \nDid you know there are seahorses living wild in the Thames? Nature isn’t just about the countryside and cities aren’t just for people. \nIn their thoughtful\, heartfelt and often very funny books\, anthropologist JC Niala and ‘Urban Naturalist’ Amanda Tuke show how the non-human world co-exists with us – from the tiniest plants and lichen we tread underfoot to the lions and rhinos in JC’s hometown Nairobi. \nJC (author of The New Eden) tells the charged history of urban nature from the Diggers to community gardening in the wake of Grenfell\, from the canalization of rivers to the cows that shaped London. Amanda (author of Wild Pavements) brings her infectious delight to toad-patrolling\, ‘vismigging’\, and fish making their homes in shopping-trolleys. \nUrban light\, noise\, and sewage pollution remain a threat to most species\, but both authors meet people making real changes at a local level and tell their stories with interest and sparkle. The authors will be in conversation with celebrated nature writer and President of Somerset Wildlife Trust\, Stephen Moss. \nPlease note: there is no parking at the venue itself\, but there is plenty of long-stay public parking within close walking distance to the venue at Cattle Market Car Park or Merchants Barton Car Park.  The venue is fully accessible for wheelchair users. \nThis event is part of the Consider the Wondrous | nature\, wonder\, books & us festival.
URL:https://www.discoverfrome.co.uk/event/jc-niala-amanda-tuke-talk-to-stephen-moss-wildlife-in-the-towns-and-cities/
LOCATION:Rise Frome\, Whittox Lane\, Frome\, Somerset\, BA11 3BY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Animals,Environment,Literature,Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260919T133000
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SUMMARY:Horatio Clare talks to Julia Samuel | Nature and Our Minds
DESCRIPTION:Horatio has always been a lover and close observer of nature. In 2018 he had a mental breakdown; he was fully\, psychotically delusional. He wrote about that experience with great bravery in Heavy Light\, and a wonderfully generous and informative guide to mental health and the paths to recovery in Your Journey\, Your Way. \nMental health is infinitely complex\, and ‘nature-loving’ is no panacea\, but when\, in the midst of fantasy and derangement\, Horatio encountered a goshawk and stared into its golden eye\, for a moment all delusions fell away before the utterness of the wild world. Nature is no silver-bullet but it can be deeply restorative. \n“My parents were moved and soothed by nature in the same way\, and I learned this from them. It was always there for us\, and we were united in those moments\, free from pain and worry. That is what nature has always done for me.”\nHoratio Clare \nHoratio will be in conversation with Julia Samuel one of Britain’s most respected psychotherapists\, and Founder Patron of the Child Bereavement Trust. Julia is a Sunday Times bestselling author (Grief Works; This Too Shall Pass) and podcaster (Therapy Works). \nPlease note: there is no parking at the venue itself\, but there is plenty of long-stay public parking within close walking distance to the venue at Cattle Market Car Park or Merchants Barton Car Park. The venue is fully accessible for wheelchair users. \nThis event is part of the Consider the Wondrous | nature\, wonder\, books & us festival.
URL:https://www.discoverfrome.co.uk/event/horatio-clare-talks-to-julia-samuel-nature-and-our-minds/
LOCATION:Rise Frome\, Whittox Lane\, Frome\, Somerset\, BA11 3BY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Animals,Environment,Literature,Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260919T143000
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SUMMARY:Pavement Plant Prowl led by Amanda Tuke
DESCRIPTION:Join urban naturalist and Wild Pavements author Amanda Tuke for a pavement plant prowl and hear some of the fascinating stories behind the urban plants we can find on our very doorsteps. What wonders might she discover in the famous leat running down Cheap St? What other hidden marvels do we ignore every day? \nPlease note: there is no parking at the venue itself\, but there is plenty of long-stay public parking within close walking distance to the venue at Cattle Market Car Park or Merchants Barton Car Park. \nThis event is part of the Consider the Wondrous | nature\, wonder\, books & us festival.
URL:https://www.discoverfrome.co.uk/event/pavement-plant-prowl-led-by-amanda-tuke/
LOCATION:Rise Frome\, Whittox Lane\, Frome\, Somerset\, BA11 3BY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Animals,Environment,Walks
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SUMMARY:Rosa Vasquez Espinoza talks to Nicola Cutcher | The Secrets of the Amazon
DESCRIPTION:Rosa grew up in Peru with the rainforest as her back garden\, learning its lessons from her grandmother\, a native healer in natural medicine. Now as a biologist and conservationist\, she re-explores the Amazon with a unique blend of scientific enquiry and ancient insight.In her book The Spirit of the Rainforest\, we meet pink dolphins\, killer caterpillars\, stingless bees\, fish the size of a VW Beetle and a river whose waters flow at boiling point. \nRosa takes ayahuasca with the shamans and travels with the Ashaninka community who practise kametsu asaiki ‘living beautifully’ – ‘honouring the invisible spiritual bond we have with the natural world’. \n“The Amazon brings us back to our roots: to the simple yet profound truth that we are an extension of nature and beauty. It teaches us strength and resilience in the face of change. It shows us that generosity overpowers unfairness.”\nRosa Vasquez Espinoza \nRosa will be in conversation with Nicola Cutcher\, an investigative journalist\, documentary maker\, and campaigner against river pollution. \nThe event takes place in our venue for the weekend\, RISE. So come on along\, grab a mid-afternoon treat from onsite Rye Bakery and discover what our festival has to offer. \nPlease note: there is no parking at the venue itself\, but there is plenty of long-stay public parking within close walking distance to the venue at Cattle Market Car Park or Merchants Barton Car Park. The venue is fully accessible for wheelchair users. \nThis event is part of the Consider the Wondrous | nature\, wonder\, books & us festival.
URL:https://www.discoverfrome.co.uk/event/rosa-vasquez-espinoza-talks-to-nicola-cutcher-the-secrets-of-the-amazon/
LOCATION:Rise Frome\, Whittox Lane\, Frome\, Somerset\, BA11 3BY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Animals,Environment,Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260919T163000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260919T173000
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SUMMARY:Eloise Kane talks to Horatio Clare | When Were We Wild?
DESCRIPTION:In Wilderlands\, the archaeologist Eloise Kane takes us on a fascinating and unfamiliar tour through 12\,000 years of our history. \nWhen the glaciers finally retreated at the end of the last Ice Age\, our ancestors crossed the land-bridge from the continent and reinhabited these islands. There have been humans here ever since – working the land\, taking from it what they needed (and often taking more). So\, when was Britain last truly wild? \nArchaeology has made amazing advances in recent decades\, changing our view of the past. Perhaps when we realise that humans have always been a part of this landscape\, we can see our own problems in a new light. Eloise shows how plants and animals\, like us\, manipulate their environments. \n“In this way of thinking\, it is easier to envisage humans as part of the world\, as one node in a much vaster set of relationships\, rather than the be-all and end-all of existence.”\nEloise Kane \nEloise will be in conversation with writer\, broadcaster and thinker Horatio Clare. Horatio Clare will be appearing at Consider the Wondrous earlier on in the day in conversation with psychotherapist and author Julia Samuel on the subject of Nature and Our Minds. \nThe event takes place in our venue for the weekend\, RISE. So come on along\, grab a mid-afternoon treat from onsite Rye Bakery and discover what our festival has to offer. \nPlease note: there is no parking at the venue itself\, but there is plenty of long-stay public parking within close walking distance to the venue at Cattle Market Car Park or Merchants Barton Car Park. We are pleased to say the venue is fully accessible for wheelchair users. \nThis event is part of the Consider the Wondrous | nature\, wonder\, books & us festival.
URL:https://www.discoverfrome.co.uk/event/eloise-kane-talks-to-horatio-clare-when-were-we-wild/
LOCATION:Rise Frome\, Whittox Lane\, Frome\, Somerset\, BA11 3BY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Environment,Literature,Nature,Talk
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SUMMARY:Jon Gower & Stephen Moss in Conversation | Bird Talk
DESCRIPTION:An unmissable conversation between two great bird enthusiasts. \nJon Gower has loved birds since one of his collier grandfather’s canaries hatched in the palm of his hand. In Birdland\, he travels Britain from Portland Bill to the Hebrides in search of kittiwakes\, bustards and turtle doves as well as a remarkable cast of characters – poets\, soldiers\, ‘The Goose Whisperer’ – who observe\, conserve and marvel at them. \nStephen Moss is a naturalist\, broadcaster and author of many books including the acclaimed series of bird biographies which will hatch a new addition The Puffin this October. He has written an introduction to the classic books written in the 1950s by a remarkable musician and bird-woman Len Howard\, now republished in a single volume as Bird Life. He is President of the Somerset Wildlife Trust. \nBoth authors\, in Jon’s words\, ‘want to tell people about birds in the hope that it kindles the light of care.’ \nThe event takes place in our venue for the weekend\, RISE. So come on along\, grab a drink from the Rye Bakery and step into the first ​evening of our festival. \nPlease note: there is no parking at the venue itself\, but there is plenty of long-stay public parking within close walking distance to the venue at Cattle Market Car Park or Merchants Barton Car Park. We are pleased to say the venue is fully accessible for wheelchair users. \nThis event is part of the Consider the Wondrous | nature\, wonder\, books & us festival.
URL:https://www.discoverfrome.co.uk/event/jon-gower-stephen-moss-in-conversation-bird-talk/
LOCATION:Rise Frome\, Whittox Lane\, Frome\, Somerset\, BA11 3BY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Animals,Environment,Literature,Nature,Talk
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260919T214500
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SUMMARY:David Oakes\, Iain Ballamy & Elliot Galvin | We Are Nature
DESCRIPTION:A gala evening of words and music inspired by the natural world. \nEnd the day with flowing jazz\, beauty\, poignancy and rapture. From earliest times\, human art and music has celebrated and sought to understand the mysterious world around us. We’re thrilled to have such a stellar line-up for this gala where human creativity reflects back the creativity of nature. \nIain Ballamy is an internationally feted composer and saxophonist. His latest album Riversphere blurs genre divisions and boundaries between composition and improv. Recently he’s been working with the multi-instrumentalist Elliot Galvin on a new project\, Instant Nature. \nDavid Oakes is a leading English actor of the stage and screen. But he’s also an increasingly prominent ecologist and conservationist\, having obtained a Masters in Evolutionary and Behavioural Ecology from the University of Exeter\, and is the president of The Wildlife Trusts. He is the host and producer of the natural history podcast Tree’s a Crowd. \nThis special evening will be hosted by actor\, bookseller and festival co-director Tina Gaisford-Waller.\n£3 of every ticket sale for this event will be donated to Friends of the River Frome. \nThis very special event is kindly sponsored by Brook Street Pottery\nwww.brookstreetpottery.co.uk \nThe event takes place in our beautiful venue for the weekend\, RISE. \nPlease note: there is no parking at the venue itself\, but there is plenty of long-stay public parking within close walking distance to the venue at Cattle Market Car Park or Merchants Barton Car Park. We are pleased to say the venue is fully accessible for wheelchair users. \nThis event is part of the Consider the Wondrous | nature\, wonder\, books & us festival.
URL:https://www.discoverfrome.co.uk/event/david-oakes-iain-ballamy-elliot-galvin-we-are-nature/
LOCATION:Rise Frome\, Whittox Lane\, Frome\, Somerset\, BA11 3BY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Concert,Environment,Literature,Live band,Music,Nature,Talk
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SUMMARY:Dara McAnulty talks to Michael Malay | Wild Child (Family Event)
DESCRIPTION:A family event\, great for budding young nature enthusiasts aged 7+. \n“Do you yearn to climb oak trees\, to get a bird’s eye view of the world\, to feel the wind of leaves? Can I show you the magic of nature? Let me take you on a journey. A wild wandering. A fascinating world awaits.”\nDara McAnulty \nDara is passionate about inspiring children with the excitement that he feels for the natural world. His series of Wild Child books combine amazing facts with a sense of the poetry of the wild\, beautifully illustrated by Barry Falls. He never talks down to children but feeds their natural curiosity with wonders like bioluminescence and bird migration\, and gives practical advice on making moth traps\, terraria and bird feeders. \nDid you know that baby swifts do press-ups? That a fox can hear a beetle move thirty metres away? There’s so much to discover all around us! \nThe event will be chaired by Michael Malay\, author of the Wainwright Prize-winning book Late Light. \nThe event takes place in our venue for the weekend\, RISE. So come on along early\, enjoy coffee or even breakfast onsite at the wonderful Rye Bakery and launch into the second full day of our festival. \nPlease note: there is no parking at the venue itself\, but there is plenty of long-stay public parking within close walking distance to the venue at Cattle Market Car Park or Merchants Barton Car Park. We are pleased to say the venue is fully accessible for wheelchair users. Children under 13 years must be accompanied by a paying adult. \nThis event is part of the Consider the Wondrous | nature\, wonder\, books & us festival.
URL:https://www.discoverfrome.co.uk/event/dara-mcanulty-talks-to-michael-malay-wild-child-family-event/
LOCATION:Rise Frome\, Whittox Lane\, Frome\, Somerset\, BA11 3BY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Animals,Children,Environment,Family,Literature,Nature,Talk
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SUMMARY:Guided Nature Walk led by Mark Cocker
DESCRIPTION:Mark is one of the UK’s leading naturalists\, author of many award-winning books. His newest title The Nature of Seeing is all about the way we look at our surroundings\, so this is a wonderful opportunity to accompany him as he explores Rodden Meadow by the river near the centre of town. \nThis will be an easy walk lasting about 90 minutes. It will start at the Cheese & Grain BA11 1BE. Children are welcome if accompanied by a responsible adult. Places are limited so please book early. \nIf walks are your thing why not book one (or both) of our other two walks:\nHeritage Tree Walk led by Julian Hight (Saturday 19th @ 10am)\nPavement Plant Prowl led by Amanda Tuke (Saturday 19th @ 2.30pm) \nThis event is part of the Consider the Wondrous | nature\, wonder\, books & us festival.
URL:https://www.discoverfrome.co.uk/event/guided-nature-walk-led-by-mark-cocker/
LOCATION:Cheese and Grain\, Market Yard\, Frome\, BA11 1BE
CATEGORIES:Environment,Nature,Walks
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SUMMARY:Cal Flyn talks to Charles Foster | The Savage Landscape
DESCRIPTION:In The Savage Landscape Cal Flyn goes in search of wildness “because I wanted to live my life more intensely… tap into a rawer\, more authentic\, more capable\, part of myself.” \nShe meets gorillas in Uganda\, blue sheep in Nepal\, and writes luminously in terror and fascination of the new world created in front of her eyes by a volcanic eruption in Iceland. But she travels into thought and ideas as well as landscapes\, exploring the historical and political context of what she sees. Everywhere\, she encounters the contradictions of wildness on a crowded planet – the clutter of research bases in the pure whiteness of Antarctica\, a ‘Welcome’ sign in an officially designated ‘wilderness’\, the shocking but commonplace eviction of people from their ancestral lands in the name of nature conservation. Nonetheless\, again and again there is astonishment. “Within each landscape one might hit a bedrock of pure feeling… this is freedom. This is awe. This is horrified delight.” \nSavage Landscape is Cal Flyn’s triumphant follow-up to her wildly bestselling book Islands of Abandonment\, which marked her out as one of the brightest talents in writing about place and people. She will be in conversation with Charles Foster. \nThis event is kindly sponsored by Sherlock & Pages. \nThe event takes place in our venue for the weekend\, RISE. So come along early\, enjoy coffee (or brunch) onsite at the wonderful Rye Bakery and launch into the second full day of our festival. \nThis event is part of the Consider the Wondrous | nature\, wonder\, books & us festival.
URL:https://www.discoverfrome.co.uk/event/cal-flyn-talks-to-charles-foster-the-savage-landscape/
LOCATION:Rise Frome\, Whittox Lane\, Frome\, Somerset\, BA11 3BY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Environment,Literature,Nature,Talk
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ORGANIZER;CN="Consider the Wondrous":MAILTO:considerthewondrous@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:A Library of Wonder | Michael Malay\, Anita Roy\, Julian Hight and guests
DESCRIPTION:Nature-writing has boomed in the last twenty years. Books by two of our festival authors\, Cal Flyn and Mark Cocker\, recently appeared on The Sunday Times list of the most important non-fiction titles this century. \nThe best books continue to inspire new generations with hope and with the love that great naturalists\, storytellers and artists show for the living world. So\, here at Consider the Wondrous. we want to build a Library of Wonder\, a booklist of the very best nature-related writing to guide new readers and embolden us all to know that there are truer\, more positive and more fascinating things in the world than the stories the media tell. \nOur expert panel will make their personal recommendations based around the following questions: \n\nWhich nature-related books mean most to you?\nWhich have opened your eyes and your minds?\nWhich must you re-read and buy as gifts for your friends?\n\nBut our library won’t be complete without your suggestions! Come along clutching your precious must-reads and tell us about your favourites (we love a bit of show and tell!). Let’s share our knowledge and wonder\, and build our dream library together. \nThe event takes place in our venue for the weekend\, RISE. So come along for brunch (or an early lunch) onsite at the wonderful Rye Bakery and make the most of day two of our festival. \nThis event is part of the Consider the Wondrous | nature\, wonder\, books & us festival.
URL:https://www.discoverfrome.co.uk/event/a-library-of-wonder-michael-malay-anita-roy-julian-hight-and-guests/
LOCATION:Rise Frome\, Whittox Lane\, Frome\, Somerset\, BA11 3BY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Environment,Literature,Nature
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ORGANIZER;CN="Consider the Wondrous":MAILTO:considerthewondrous@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Charles Foster and Mark Cocker | Seeing the World Afresh
DESCRIPTION:We’re privileged to host this conversation between two of the most generous-minded thinkers concerned with the natural world. \nMark Cocker is one of our leading naturalists. He leads courses in nature watching and writing (and will also be leading a guided nature walk earlier in the day here at Consider the Wondrous). His new book The Nature of Seeing encourages us to reclaim our inner gift for wonder and to see the living world in all its infinite detail and mystery. \nCharles Foster is a qualified vet\, barrister and Fellow of Exeter College\, Oxford. In The Edges of the World\, he shows how in both nature and our culture\, creativity\, change and freshness come from the edges of things\, not the complacent\, self-regarding centre. It’s the perfect book for a creative and ‘different’ town like Frome! \nTo give the authors time to fully explore their ideas\, this event will be 90 minutes long. \nThe event takes place in our venue for the weekend\, RISE. So come along for lunch onsite at the wonderful Rye Bakery and make the most of day two of our festival. \nThis event is part of the Consider the Wondrous | nature\, wonder\, books & us festival.
URL:https://www.discoverfrome.co.uk/event/charles-foster-and-mark-cocker-seeing-the-world-afresh/
LOCATION:Rise Frome\, Whittox Lane\, Frome\, Somerset\, BA11 3BY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Environment,Literature,Nature,Talk
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ORGANIZER;CN="Consider the Wondrous":MAILTO:considerthewondrous@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260920T163000
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SUMMARY:Joseph Jebelli talks to Anita Roy | The Brain at Rest
DESCRIPTION:We’re constantly badgered to do more\, to aim higher\, to make the most of our time. Our phones and social media\, which pose as a break from work\, only keep our minds over-stimulated and anxious. \nIn The Brain at Rest\, Joseph Jebelli explains why stress is so damaging and introduces us to the brain’s ‘default network’ – the circuitry that helps us daydream\, reflect and imagine. He shares tips on reorganising your life to prioritise sleep\, finding silence\, walking and spending time in nature. Rest is not a lazy alternative to work\, but an essential part of it. \n“Activating the default network can enhance your intelligence\, creativity\, social empathy and long-term productivity. It can improve your health and help stave off neurological disease.” Joseph Jebelli \nJoseph will be in conversation with Anita Roy – a writer\, editor\, environmentalist and regular contributor to The Guardian Country Diary. \nThe event takes place in our venue for the weekend\, RISE. So come along early for an afternoon coffee and cake onsite at the wonderful Rye Bakery and enjoy the last few events of our fabulous festival. \nThis event is part of the Consider the Wondrous | nature\, wonder\, books & us festival.
URL:https://www.discoverfrome.co.uk/event/joseph-jebelli-talks-to-anita-roy-the-brain-at-rest/
LOCATION:Rise Frome\, Whittox Lane\, Frome\, Somerset\, BA11 3BY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Environment,Health and wellbeing,Literature,Nature,Talk
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ORGANIZER;CN="Consider the Wondrous":MAILTO:considerthewondrous@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260920T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260920T190000
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SUMMARY:Harriet Rix talks to Julian Hight | The Genius of Trees
DESCRIPTION:Our hope is that Consider the Wondrous can help us to rethink our place on the planet\, as one remarkable species among so many others. So\, it’s fitting that our final event this year should show something as commonplace as trees in a radically different light. \nIt’s easy to think of trees as noble\, beautiful but ultimately passive presences in the landscape. Harriet Rix’s extraordinary book The Genius of Trees tells a different story. Trees have agency\, modifying and working with the animals\, plants and fungi around them: they manipulate the clouds to produce the climate they like\, they shiver rock into fertile soil\, they change the very atmosphere. \nHarriet Rix has led an extraordinary life – with an education spanning a Biochemistry degree earned at Oxford\, to an MPhil in the History and Philosophy of Science\, specialising in Ottoman Science\, from Cambridge. Her studies led to travel\, and work in IED and landmine clearance in the Middle East. The terrible effects of environmental degradation that she witnessed in Iraq prompted her to join the tree sector\, and in 2018 she returned to the UK to try to learn about the world of trees in this context. \n“This is a story of how tree-ish trees are\, and how… they have woven the world into a place of great beauty and extraordinary variety” Harriet Rix \nJulian Hight is a tree-obsessive\, punk rocker and graphic designer. His new book The Ancient Tree Explorer is a fascinating and sumptuous guide to the most magnificent trees in Britain. On Saturday 19 September at 10am\, you can join Julian as he leads us on a tree adventure around Frome. \nThis event takes place in our venue for the weekend\, RISE. So come along early for a late afternoon coffee and cake at the wonderful onsite Rye Bakery and enjoy this final event of our fabulous festival. \nThis event is part of the Consider the Wondrous | nature\, wonder\, books & us festival.
URL:https://www.discoverfrome.co.uk/event/harriet-rix-talks-to-julian-hight-the-genius-of-trees/
LOCATION:Rise Frome\, Whittox Lane\, Frome\, Somerset\, BA11 3BY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Environment,Literature,Nature,Talk
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