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'Burton is a 400-year-old version of that patient voice'
... included good food and exercise, laughter, reading, music, and friends: ‘be not solitary, be not idle’. A ... reading another book, by Anthony Powell, A Dance to the Music of Time … a 12-volume book in which the protagonist ...
Excursions into broader theorising
... understanding of people. I also studied philosophy and music. Much of my time though was spent acting, and ...
Dr Adrian Bakes (1950–2016)
... to life, ranging from his love of poetry, literature and music to walking in the hills, and in his keen appreciation ...
On a mission
... psychosocial stimulation sessions, including music, craft, toy-making, colouring, dancing, etc., ...
Scientific tales from America
... Consistent with this, studies have shown 50 per cent of music prodigies suffer a ‘mid-life’ crisis during their ... a lot comes easily to them. An analysis of national music examination results showed that the strongest predictor ... But look closely, Gladwell...
Tracking the footprints of consciousness
... examples of spandrels are humanity’s wide-spread love of music or the ability to engage in higher mathematics. It is likely that neither music appreciation nor math skills were directly selected for ...
He’s a jolly good Fellow
... diverse nature of the area: they include Fellows in music therapy, recreation and leisure and nursing as well as ...
Living a dual life
... pursuits before – drawing, pottery, photography, music – but I never felt at home with any of them. Writing ...
Careers: A public and private trip to understand the mind
... hash, not modern skunk weed. Sitting listening to music late one night I found myself going down an intensely ...
'We need to unlock the door from the inside'
... of Performance' module, where I learned about magic, music, dance, sport and topics like that. However, after ...
My shelfie… Dr Kitrina Douglas
... the man who has only questions,to comfort himself, makes music.’ This was my first Mary Oliver book of poems (I now ...
A higher consciousness
... anything to do with computers. I had a boyfriend who made music on a synthesiser and I thought that was fascinating! I ...
One on One... with Jane Ogden
... laugh Hugh Grant in the ‘Pop goes my heart’ video for Music and Lyrics. Very funny film. Particularly if you are a ...
My hearing journey
... from what is now 1 in 6. There are also issues with music induced deafness as music listening becomes an everyday feature and is played ...
‘Communicating can create a virtuous circle’
... and sciences. ‘My Dad is a pharmacist, my Mum is a music teacher by training, so that reflects my upbringing and ...
News
... songs compared with the unknown song. ‘We played music in the scanner, and then we hit a virtual “mute” ... this, the auditory cortex remained active even though the music had stopped.’ Previous research has instructed ... the researchers concluded. CJ ...
One on One - with Richard Gregory
... inspire action. One cultural recommendation Recognise that music has immense power, though we do not understand how it ...
One on one... Raffaele Presti
... to breathe and take care of ourselves. The energy of the music makes the rest. One experience that changed me Work ...
Letters
... of screen and speaker content: this is the contemporary music culture which seems, at the very least, to be ...
‘It’s about editing our lives so that they make sense again’
... It means you are more sensitive to the magic of life. Music, art, books, love, friendship. It can help you feel ...
Careers
... together when working on creative projects such as music making.’ One of the themes that Dorothy stresses is ...
One on One… with Elizabeth Bird
... I love the landscapes, the vibrancy of the people, the music and the big sky. One piece of advice for aspiring ...
One on one......with Barbara Wilson
... anyway. One cultural recommendation I am a big fan of the music of Bob Dylan. He cut his first record the year I ...
One on one... Dr Raj Gnanaiah
... reliever Going on a drive and listening to classical music clears my head. This seemingly small habit has helped ...
‘This is the moment when everything is changing'
... this had a huge effect on me. We’d set up a tent at music festivals and people in crisis – often related to ...