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Jane Mason Baking bread by hand captures all the virtues of pure craft 53 LETTHEARTISANS CRAFT

OUR FUTURE Grayson Perry Perhaps ethical concerns will lead more people to the joy of handmade goods 54 CRAFTIVISM: PHOTOFEATURE

Susan Clark and Elizabeth Wainwright From politics to peace making, craft has always been about more than creating beauty

REVIEWS 58 A BLEAK ANALYSIS Mike Hulme reviews Clive Hamilton’s Requiem for a Species

60 BUILDING A BETTER SOCIETY Gill Coombs reviews William Coperthwaite’s

A Handmade Life 61 THE REAL REVOLUTION Oliver James explains how his new book, How

Not to F*** Them Up, helps parents make better choices 62 MOVING BETWEENWORLDS

John Gray reviews Roger Berthoud’s People, Politics and Paintings 63 PROFOUND INTEGRATION John Moat reviews Ted Hughes and Nature by

Keith Sagar 64 TRUTH IS ONE Samuel Bendeck Sotillos reviews What Do the Religions Say about Each Other?

compiled by William Stoddart 65 THE POWER OF ENOUGH Anne Ryan’s new book Enough is Plenty shows how we can move into a saner and fairer future

MEMBERS 66 FESTIVAL OFARTS, CRAFTS AND

CULTURE Celebrating the life of Rabindranath Tagore 68 COMMUNITY PAGE Elizabeth Wainwright 80 LETTER FROM SATISH KUMAR

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WEB EXCLUSIVES Faking it: Tilly Gifford on supermarket aesthetics and the obsession with perfectly formed vegetables The Dark Mountain movement: Paul Kingsnorth on the ‘Principles of Uncilivisation’ Breaking the Mould: artist Max Hague on his artistic processes The Story of Stuff: Annie Leonard reveals her motivation for reducing all the ‘stuff ’ in our world

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