Fast, The February 2023 123 numbered

123 numbered

'to fix once for all the perilous magic of nymphets'

her invisibility is her superpower

Displays of contemporary collector’s cabinets of birds

Instructions on how to use the grid in the book cover

Fast, The February 2023 123 numberedWe fast all the time, even when we're not conscious of doing so. A fast manifests the idea of holding back, resisting the primal impulse to charge ahead. Its flip side is similarly everywhere: call it splurging, self indulgence or a variant of 'self care'. Based on extensive historical, scientific and cultural research and reporting, The Fast illuminates the many facets of this act of self deprivation. John Oakes interviews doctors, spiritual leaders,