CONNECT
Read the Summer/Autumn 2019 issue all about collaborating and sharing across different people and perspectives.
Connecting the dots: How to solve bigger problems with better creativity
Commercial creatives are learning to get to better solutions faster by partnering with mission-led startups. What happens when you combine a social mission with commercial ambition? It’s a question that’s fascinated me for ages. For me, there’s no inherent conflict between purpose and profit. In fact, given the influence it has on every aspect of our lives, I think… Read more →
The rainbow connection: Why being in nature makes us feel more in touch with ourselves
There’s nothing quite like connecting with nature to make you feel happier, healthier and more connected with yourself. Sometimes I feel completely, whole-heartedly, acutely alive. In the moment, there’s no anxiety, no insecurity, no desire to be anywhere or do anything else. Just a sense of calm, comfort and contentment. I feel a world away from the otherwise constant… Read more →
A culture of humanity: The art of connecting across races, languages and nationalities
Lessons from an unexpected encounter between a Pakistani immigrant and an older white man in America Many years ago, as I sat next to the iconic lion statues outside the Art Institute of Chicago museum, staring at the waves of people passing by in front of me, I felt alone and mesmerised. I was new in the United States,… Read more →
Make friends with sober: How to connect with people without alcohol
Choosing to be alcohol-free no longer means you’ve signed up to sit home alone drinking tea. I have a confession to make, I don’t love drinking. I’ve never been a big drinker. While I drank plenty—in college, when I studied abroad, in my twenties—most of the time, I didn’t like. it. I didn’t like how it made me feel.… Read more →
Wishlist: Items to help you feel more connected
Creatively designed and compassionately made, the items in our wishlist will help you reconnect with yourself, others and the world around you. Connect with your community Connect with other communities Connect with yourself Photo credit: Bogdan Dada (featured); Rubén Bagüés (header) Read more →
What money can’t buy: Is wealth slowly degrading our relationships?
An uptick in financial fortune has made our lives better in many ways. But is it also making our lives worse? A large swathe of Indians in the UK are twice migrants, arriving in Britain via Kenya at a time of strife. Most made this journey in the seventies, as teenagers with nothing but a suitcase and dreams. Amongst… Read more →
Q&A: Entrepreneur Tessa Clarke on the question of connection
There’s nothing quite like food to help people connect. An unexpected benefit of OLIO, an app to stop surplus food going to waste, is how it brings together neighbours that might never have otherwise met. I asked its co-founder Tessa Clarke to share her thoughts on connection. How does the idea of connection fit into your work? OLIO is… Read more →
A music playlist that really connects
Can anything be more important than connecting—with people, with places, with emotions, with memories and with feelings? (Apart from Leeds United getting back into the Premier League after fifteen long years in the doldrums, obvs. Oh… and treating the planet with a bit more care.) I hope you connect with this music. Click on individual songs, or listen to the entire playlist on Spotify.… Read more →