A series of letters and essays from Dougald Hine. Turning aside from the one big path that was meant to lead to the future, no longer in service to its promises, asking what else is worth doing with the time we have.
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A Convivial Conspiracy
We’re spreading a rumour. Over the first weekend in September, 2026, there will be local gatherings around dinner tables and picnic blankets and in convivial spaces of different kinds, in places around the world, to mark what would have bee...
When the Music Stops
Fatima Osam Abdalla, Helena Norberg-Hodge and Gustaf Skarsgård launching the Real Economy platform last week in Stockholm
You know that feeling when you get to the last rounds of a game of Monopoly and it stops being family fun and turns i...
Making Special ≠ Making Scarce
Apologies to anyone who was planning to join us here in Östervåla on Sunday for an event with Helena Norberg-Hodge. We’ve had to change plans and so, instead, I’ll be in conversation with Helena at a screening of The Economics of Happiness...
Illich at 100: how shall we gather?
Our first online series of 2026, A Bit More Practice, gets underway today and tomorrow. The Thursday group is now full, but there are some places left for the group that meets on a Friday morning European time.
Alongside preparing for that...
The Great Yellow Hive
Before this post gets under way, Alfie would like to ask if any of you would like to buy a Majblomma? He has been selling these “May Flowers” to raise money for a Swedish charity that supports families in poverty. You can read all about it...
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