2023-09-29
49 分钟In this episode we explore health rituals and the lost practice of bathing in whey. We also drop in at the London Design Festival to hear about artists using offcuts to create beautiful, innovative designs, journey to the foothills of the mountain of Pelion and discuss the therapeutic value of cycling in nature. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Like a faithful migratory bird.
It's always at this time of year, as the weather chills, that I head to the hammam.
Perhaps this instinct emerges from my time spent in Istanbul, where I often spent blustery afternoons at a 15th century spa in a froth of Ottoman bubbles.
Now, when the seasons turn, you'll find me in one of London's Victorian era laconium, or the hammam attached to the Moss de Paris.
This is where those post summer catch ups happen and plans are hatched.
This episode of Conflict Corner starts off with a look at the rituals of health and happiness and the lost practice of bathing in whey, a byproduct of cheese.
We'll drop in at the London Design Festival to hear about a company donating its offcuts to artists who create beautiful, innovative designs.
We'll journey to the Greek mainland, the foothills of Mount Pelion, to check into a characterful and modest hotel.
We'll also debate the therapeutic value of cycling in nature, that sensory abandon of whizzing through a forest on two wheels, and the liberating essence of the bike for female riders in Africa, where our essayist Wanjari Gakuru lives and cycles.
This is Confect Corner and.
And I'm your host, Sophie Grove.
These pillion villages flourished because they weren't taxed by the Turks.
So this is why we have these very grand village meeting places.
And it's surrounded by lush vegetation, most probably the most vegetated place in Greece.
I really like the idea of making some plants done from a waste material because there's this contrast between waste and then nature.
There's this catchphrase, I think, which is used a lot in terms of sustainability, which is to dread lightly.
So I wanted to create something that, well, I thought a walking plant stand would be something that could be quite.
Fun to make fallen leaves small and spindly dry into crunchy grayish green spears.
Colors seem to sharpen, take deeper hues here birds chirp and insects buzz in a soothing medley.
On a bike, I am flying joyfully, taking it all in.