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Kate Harris: ‘Children can’t understand why we don’t make dramatic changes to save the world’

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On a 6,000-mile bicycle journey along the Silk Road, the author explored the notion of wildness – the Earth’s and her own

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Editing, Portfolio, Writing

‘Don’t worry, I won’t kill you’: inside the world of homeless tourism

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From Prague to Los Angeles, tours led by homeless people are revealing the dark side of the city. But do they hurt the very people they aim to help?

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Portfolio, Writing

Pod save America: podcasts to survive the Trump presidency

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From soul-searching Democrats to the king of rightwing radio, here are the podcasts to help you understand the next four years

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Portfolio, Writing

Journeys in Literature: Alice Munro’s Dance of the Happy Shades

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Like Alice Munro, my grandmother came from small-town Ontario, and my memories chime with Munro’s tales of passionate girls and women with stifled passions

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Portfolio, Uncategorized, Writing
Olafur Eliasson Lego by Christian Johannesen

Lego: Can this kid’s toy help us build better cities?

May 14, 2015by Craille Maguire Gillies

Lego wants to be taken seriously by architects, urban planners, even MIT. Can these pricey kids’ toys teach us how to build better cities, or is it all just brand hype?

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Portfolio, Writing
Reese Witherspoon in Wild

The film that makes me cry: Wild with Reese Witherspoon

Featuredby Craille Maguire Gillies

I was worried that Reese Witherspoon’s desert odyssey would be mawkish – but with sarcasm and shared history, it punched me in the gut

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Portfolio, Writing

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