politics – Helen Lehndorf

June 8, 2014

victory gardens / mend and make do

I’m very inspired by World War Two imagery around Victory Gardens and Mend & Make Do campaigns. I’m also fascinated by the Land Girls / Womens’ Land Army, and the way WW2 changed work life for women in the West forever. I recently had a pile of WW2 social history books out of the library … Continue reading victory gardens / mend and make do

October 4, 2013April 8, 2022

recent reading, ongoing thinking

I noticed a theme in my reading recently – lots of books with ‘Wild’ in the title! I am reading and writing about nature/bioregionalism/ecology/contemporary spirituality….so I guess ‘wildness’ is a thread through all of these things. The Wild Places, by Robert McFarlane Wild, by Jay Griffiths (This book remains my favourite book IN THE WORLD … Continue reading recent reading, ongoing thinking