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How war destroys the childhood sense-scape we call ‘home’
What we grow up with determines the gestures, textures, spaces, sights, smells, sounds and thoughts we call ‘home’
by Julia F Christensen
Home
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Thoreau’s economics: the truly precious costs precious little
As Henry David Thoreau learned from living at Walden Pond, the paramount economic skill is knowing how to make a house a home
by John Kaag & Jonathan van Belle
Home
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How to have less stuff
Do your possessions hold too much power over you? Learn to regain control – and benefit your wallet and the planet
by Melissa Norberg
Happiness
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Pierre is French, but loves his adopted home in Greenland. Can he stay?
Directed by Nicholas Jones
Architecture
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The sink in the hall: how pandemics transform architecture
From the sink in the hall to the UV light in the bus depot: how pandemics past and present can transform architecture
by Theodora Philcox
Parenting and families
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Pregnant women ‘nest’. But there’s nothing biological about it
The ‘nesting mother’ stereotype is as common as it is unscientific: there is no hormonal drive for doing housework
by Arianne Shahvisi
Freedom and choice
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Pablo has a simple dream – to spread joy. But the reality is more complicated
Directed by Daniel Ifans
Architecture
film
An elegy and a celebration of what it really means to find a home
Directed by Davina Pardo