In Praise of Slow Living: The Modern Human’s Guide To Navigating Life With A Planner
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Slow Pix
Thrilled + honoured to have been asked to judge the June Photo of the Month competition run by Inntravel, the Slow Holiday people.
Tiger Parenting Under Review
Today China’s president Xi Jinping said “Chinese children do not play enough. They should play more.”
Slow Start
In praise of novels that begin slowly.
Phone-free Dinner?
Slow Sunday Profile
Richard Aedy is a fine interviewer. Here he puts me through my paces on his Sunday Profile show on ABC radio in Australia. Recorded in June 2013 in Sydney.
Slow Fix interview (Planetary Voices)
An interview I gave on The Slow Fix to the Planetary Voices website.
The Slow Coach on BBC Radio 4
Liz Barclay follows three busy people on a bold experiment to slow down their pace of life. Their ‘slow coach’ is Carl Honoré. He argues that our increasing obsession with speed means we race through life instead of actually living it – by finding a better balance between fast and slow, we’ll increase our wellbeing, creativity and productivity. It’s a compelling theory, but does it work?
Three volunteers have agreed to put Carl’s theories to the test by following his advice over the course of one month – business owner Steve, working mum Lizzie and volunteer Scott.
Follow their successes and struggles through Episodes 1 and 2…
Behind the Scenes on The Slow Coach (BBC)
Just finished a two-part programme for BBC Radio 4. It’s called The Slow Coach, and in it I try to help three people apply the principles of Slow in their own lives. More details down below.
It airs on 12th and 19th August 2013 at 11am, BBC Radio 4.
In the meantime, here are some behind-the-scenes photos from the recording:
Here’s the blurb from Loftus, the production company:
Liz Barclay follows three busy people on a bold experiment to slow down their pace of life. Their ‘slow coach’ is Carl Honoré, once a speedy journalist, now spokesperson for a global ‘Slow Movement’. He argues that our increasing obsession with speed means we race through life instead of actually living it – by finding a better balance between fast and slow, we’ll increase our wellbeing, creativity and productivity. It’s a compelling theory, but does it work?
Three volunteers have agreed to put Carl’s theories to the test by following his advice over the course of one month – working mum Lizzie, business owner Steve and volunteer Scott. We follow their successes and struggles.