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In Conversation with Samantha Walton

Flyer advertising Sam Walton talk on 'Everybody Needs Beauty' and the connections between nature and health

As part of our community engagement activities, Weathered Lives lead investigator Cassandra Phoenix, Chaired an In Conversation event with writer, editor and environmental humanities scholar Samantha Walton. The occasion marked the launch of Walton’s new book Everybody Needs Beauty: In Search of the Nature Cure (Bloomsbury, 2022).

This non-fiction book blends nature writing and cultural history to explore the origins and politics of ‘healing nature’. In Conversation with Samantha Walton was organised by Collected Books, Durham.