Shy creaturesCroydon, 1964. Helen Hansford is in her thirties and an art therapist in a psychiatric hospital where she has been having a long love affair with Gil: a charismatic, married doctor. One spring afternoon they receive a call about a disturbance from a derelict house not far from Helen's home. A 37 year old man called William Tapping, with a beard down to his waist, has been discovered along with his elderly aunt. It is clear he has been shut up in the

restorative Miso Noodle Broth and Spiced Blood Orange Posset

others by ordinary citizens caught up in the stream of history in their pursuit of what's right

until the night when a glass of rum

lovers and neighbours

she joined the elite team who accompanied the president wherever he went

That chickens are capable of complex communication

reflection and self-love

What if human exceptionalism is more of a curse than a blessing

a consideration of grief and a profoundly moving contemplation of the relationship between art and the human condition

Alba's enterprise in Lucignana seems doomed from day one but it surprisingly sparks the enthusiasm of many across Italy

Witness to the corruption and violence underneath the shiny surfaces is Mel

accessible and fascinating