Beauty is in the eye…

A friend of mine warned me recently of the dangers of spending all day staring at a computer screen; apparently the muscles of the eye involved in switching between distance and close-up vision become weak and lazy after a long period of inactivity. (more…)

On the art of making a latte last two hours…

There are few things I like better in life than the indulgence of very slowly sipping a cappuccino in a coffee shop, and watching the world go by… (more…)

Life is hard work for the modern music fan. Every day brings a blizzard of hip (or otherwise) new bands to check out. Most of them inevitably sound like worse versions of things I already own. The lure of the instant download, the Spotify playlist, the You Tube video stream and the MP3 blog, have all conspired to mean that I listen to everything and nothing – everything quickly, but nothing in any real depth. (more…)

Carl Honoré

Slow down with Carl Honoré, author of the global bestseller In Praise of Slow, on his first-ever weekend Slow Retreat in Devon, England – March 19th-21st 2010. Always in a hurry? Is every moment a race against the clock? Do you yearn to slow down? Well, then, you’ve come to the right place. (more…)

Annalie continues her column The London Loaf:
Delay is an interesting concept. We spend our lives rushing from one place to another, and when we arrive, panting, at the point of departure, we find ourselves with a great big wadge of time to kill. (more…)

Art student Zelda Moehring brought her video camera and ‘slow’ vision to the first Slow Down London festival in April-May 09, documenting numerous events and discussions. You can watch her 10-minute feature, along with footage of individual events. (more…)

A review of Wine and Words (Foyles, Charing Cross Road, London 30th April 09)

Some people say that if you don’t drink, smoke or pursue – ahem – other worldly pleasures, then you don’t live longer – it just feels longer. On the other hand, research suggests that a glass of wine a day can add five years to your life. (more…)

For someone seen as a leader of the global slow movement, Carl Honoré is a ball of energy. Speaking at the South Bank Centre on 25 April 2009, the Canadian journalist and author of In Praise of Slow took the audience on a speed history of the Slow movement. (more…)

Green Man

As the Slow Down London Festival approaches, I thought it might be appropriate to consider some of the culprits of our speedy society. And here it is: the apparently benign and dependable Green Man is one of the worst offenders! (more…)

Slow Down London hit the weekend papers with a feature by Harry Eyres on the front page of the Financial Times Life & Arts section (28/29 March 2009). Under the heading ‘A slowdown you can enjoy’, Harry writes about the relevance of Slow Down London within the curent economic crisis. (more…)