Alice Elgie

JUNO Magazine • 1st March 2025

I am Consciously Unplugged...and I am Conscious — North to South by narrowboat.

"I am stunned into complete silence by the spectacularly vast expanses of open land falling away from the towpath in endlessly undulating hills – every shade of green – and am overwhelmed by a true sense of spaciousness, both physically and in spirit."

Towpath Talk Newspaper • 1st December 2024

Word on the Water — The London Bookbarge.

"The future for books might have seemed bleak had it not been for the three friends’ unshakeable confidence that people loved bookshops in the way they loved bookshops."

JUNO Magazine • 1st November 2024

Blowing in the Wind — An interview with me about my life!

"As I speak with Alice, I realise that what’s attractive about her life isn’t necessarily where she lives, as I thought would be the case, but how she lives. I am struck by her attention and deep listening – to herself, to her family, to nature, to humanity.

Towpath Talk Newspaper • 1st August 2024

Stuart Fenwick — Bria Flower Studio.

"When moored in London he can be seen cycling to the New Covent Flower Market in Battersea with his olive collecting basket ready to be filled."

Breathe Magazine • 1st August 2023

Circle of Calm — Mandala making in the modern world.

"This idea of collective creation, unconscious or otherwise, is strongly felt by Thérèse, who often draws the local community into her land art."

JUNO Magazine • 1st June 2020

Being Still — Lessons for a Wanderer

"Perhaps that is the most important lesson: in being still, we begin to discover the essence of who we are and what we need because, we can only be who we are."

Bird Watching Magazine • 26th March 2014

Up in the Sky — Enchanted by Swallows, Swifts and Martins

"My heart feels stopped in time as I marvel at these birds dancing around my head and I feel a sense of excitement and joy in their spirit for adventure."

Plant Forage Make Magazine • 1st March 2022

The Colours of Grief — Wandering through the seasons in a year of loss.

"And then, that day; that humus day, I finally raised my tear-filled eyes and was shocked to be lifted by the sight of a murky canal reflected with a vague stonewash blue..."

Breathe Magazine • 1st October 2023

Reflections in Nature — Discovering comfort and guidance in the great outdoors.

"With each walk, Colette came to learn that this was okay: I realised Earth wasn't perfect, that it shows its rawness, and I thought: "Why can't I be more authentic in showing the real me?"

JUNO Magazine • 1st June 2015

Travels with My Dad — Through Spain and Portugal by bus.

"Time in neutral space to connect in a way that everyday life does not always facilitate, time to write down the stories that he had told me a hundred times
but that I always forget..."