Essays in Idleness & Hôjôki Thames The book is a vital

The book is a vital and timely introduction to the future both as a warning but also as a roadmap for how we might find our way out of the current crisis

her concerns with the world

opening up ideas for possible cultivation systems that nurture the soil and its habitat

’ —­­­ Naomi Booth ‘Strangers is a work of generous

Essays in Idleness & Hôjôki Thames The book is a vitalThese two works on life's fleeting pleasures are by Buddhist monks from medieval Japan, but each shows a different world view. In the short memoir Hjki, Chmei recounts his decision to withdraw from worldly affairs and live as a hermit in a tiny hut in the mountains, contemplating the impermanence of human existence. Kenko, however, displays a fascination with more earthy matters in his collection of anecdotes, advice and observations. From ribald