by Ann Harris | Jan 15, 2021 | Epiphany
Recently I heard the story of the Norwegian village that didn’t receive a single scrap of sunlight for 6 whole months. Their solution was to install three mirrors which move and rotate on a specific axis, to capture the sunlight. Its tracking system enables them to...
by Ann Harris | Jan 14, 2021 | Epiphany
It’s amazing how scary a bedroom looks in the darkness. As a child I would often wake and look around the room in the middle of the night, sure that the various shapes were moving, and/or represented something malevolent or dangerous. Then, as the first rays of...
by Ann Harris | Jan 13, 2021 | gentlespaces, News
Back in October we told you about gentlespaces, the network of bereavement support groups we are setting up across Milton Keynes. Our research shows that there is a significant gap in provision across the city for this kind of support, which is clearly not confined to...
by Ann Harris | Jan 13, 2021 | Epiphany
I wonder if you remember those pictures a few years ago which had other images embedded in them? If you looked closely and let your eyes glaze a little, suddenly a new, ‘hidden’ image would miraculously appear. Apparently 92% of the population could do them – I was...
by Ann Harris | Jan 12, 2021 | Epiphany
As the nights draw in, we’re in that time of year when light is at a premium. Nowadays this affects us much less than it would have done in ancient societies, lacking access to artificial light. Then, a full (or nearly full) moon and a clear sky made a huge...