Author Profile: Harry Eyres
Harry Eyres is the Slow Lane columnist for the Financial Times. His first poetry collection, Hotel Eliseo, was published by Hearing Eye in 2001.
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Another Kind of World • Harry Eyres
Issue 270 • January/February 2012 • A New Moral Compass > Undercurrents
Paving the way for a more caring society
Beauty & Wellbeing • Harry Eyres
Issue 268 • September/October 2011 • What Comes Next? > Undercurrents
In dialogue with the Conservative MP Oliver Letwin
A Symbolic Force • Harry Eyres
Issue 267 • July/August 2011 • Once Upon A Time > Reviews
Ruskin's Pond: A Photographic Study and Of Truth of Water
The Art of Liberation • Harry Eyres
Issue 265 • March/April 2011 • Intrinsic Values > The Arts
Reviewing Tate Britain's Romantics Rehang exhibition
The Long View - Daily Diminishing • Harry Eyres
Issue 250 • September/October 2008 • Indigenous Intelligence: Diverse Solutions for the 21st Century > Regulars > The Long View
The Tao Te Ching is a deeply ecological source of wisdom.
The Long View - Horace and Fishponds • Harry Eyres
Issue 248 • May/June 2008 • The Money Delusion: In Search of True Wealth > Regulars > The Long View
The limits of Plutocracy.
The Long View - FIXITY AND IMPERMANENCE • Harry Eyres
Issue 246 • January/February 2008 • Gandhi's Gift: The Power Of Nonviolence > Regulars > The Long View
Fixity and impermanence: human beings were born to improvise.
The Long View - The Whale Beach • Harry Eyres
Issue 244 • September/October 2007 • The Green Imperative > Regulars > The Long View
The deep ecological meaning of a beach.
The Long View - The Ark • Harry Eyres
Issue 242 • May/June 2007 • Do we need God? / Food Futures > Regulars > The Long View
Humankind has a duty of care for non-human species.
The Long View - THE NECESSITY OF WAR • Harry Eyres
Issue 240 • January/February 2007 • There is no wealth but life > Regulars > The Long View
Indulgence in luxuries inevitably leads to war.
The Long View - LESSONS FROM GREEK TRAGEDY • Harry Eyres
Issue 239 • November/December 2006 • A Far Cry from Christmas > Regulars > The Long View
Greek tragedy warns that Nemesis, goddess of retribution, stands in wait for excessive pride or hubris.
The Long View - HERE, IS ETERNAL SPRING • Harry Eyres
Issue 237 • July/August 2006 • Reflecting on India > Regulars > The Long View
The special meaning of 'here'.
The Long View - PLATO, ARISTOTLE AND THE COMMONS • Harry Eyres
Issue 235 • March/April 2006 • From Ownership to Relationship > Regulars > The Long View
We will only be saved if we realise how much we have in common and need to hold in common.