Shirley Jackson has a way of capturing those sly turns of mind, those darker moments, however fleeting, that betray her…
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Learn and learn again
“The best thing for disturbances of the spirit,” replied Merlyn, beginning to puff and blow, “is to learn. That is…
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Alethiometers and Using Questions in Meditation
The new BBC adaptation of Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials (1995-2000) and of course the next instalment in the series…
Sitting with difficulty in Twelfth Night (1601-2)
Sitting with difficult feelings is perhaps the most challenging task of mindfulness. It’s natural to feel aversion to painful thoughts,…
Introduction to MindLit
When people say they read for escapism, I can’t help feeling that they have missed a trick. Reading for me…
The Present Moment in E. M. Forster’s ‘Howard’s End’ (1910)
The following passage illustrates what it means to come in to the present moment, how to do it, and what…