A Place of Refuge: an experiment in communal living –the story of Windsor Hill WoodTOBIAS JONES
Under One Roof: the story of a Christian communityROGER SAWTELL
Dreamstreets: a journey through Britain’s village utopias JACQUELINE YALLOP
Community is something that modern life keeps at arm’s length. Even in overcrowded cities, we live in small, separate units and we relish our privacy. In simpler times, when community life and sharing accommodation was an economic necessity, people were considered odd if they left their towns or villages, or even if they lived alone. Today it is the odd who live in communities. Is it this oddness that makes experiments in living with strangers so fascinating to us ordinary folk? Or is it that living outside the norm has a built-in poten
03 September 2015, The Tablet
Why can’t we just live together?
Get Instant Access
Continue Reading
Register for free to read this article in full
Subscribe for unlimited access
From just £30 quarterly
Complete access to all Tablet website content including all premium content.
The full weekly edition in print and digital including our 179 years archive.
PDF version to view on iPad, iPhone or computer.
Already a subscriber? Login