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What can trees teach us about resilience and loss? A grieving daughter reflects

What can trees teach us about resilience and loss? A grieving daughter reflects

In The Snag, Tessa McWatt reflects on grief in all its multifaceted forms – from her mother’s dementia to global climate grief – as she looks at...

09.12.2025 10

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Gemma Nisbet

How do the stories we tell shape our experience of chronic illness? Katherine Brabon charts an elusive search for ‘the cure’

Katherine Brabon’s novel explores the roles of faith, science and storytelling in explaining and treating illness – and offering agency to...

22.07.2025 10

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Gemma Nisbet

Should Joan Didion’s therapy notes to her husband about their daughter have been published?

Reading Joan Didion’s posthumously published new book feels like eavesdropping on private marital conversations. It’s revealing, raw and haunting.

13.05.2025 20

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Gemma Nisbet