creative maverick

Tim Smit led the creation of the £130 million Eden Project.
What was once a disused clay pit went on to become one of the most popular visitor attractions in the UK despite its relatively remote location in the hills behind St Austell in Cornwall.
Tim is, in my terms, very much a player. He takes on [...]

Life is supposed to slow down when your life is in threat. And yet it didn’t when I found myself on a motorbike in a Tennessee forest, pulling a wheelie, heading for a tree. One moment I was riding along a forest path, the next I was on the floor with a bike by my [...]

As I work on my proposal for a book on the themes of this blog, I’m starting to realise how important play is. To play all day and get paid sounds like the ultimate hedonism and while it should be fun, there is something more to this.
Why play?
When children play, they are learning about themselves [...]