Southern Culture
Did You Know?
Pooh Bear
Hartfield in East Sussex was home to AA Milne where the Ashdown Forest influenced his writing about Winnie the Pooh in the Hundred Acre Wood. People still make the pilgrimage to the village to bridge which inspired the game of Poohsticks.
Health
We're still building the Health pages, but we'd like to highlight here the obvious link between physical activity and health, and the not-so-obvious but still crucial link between health and other cultural activities - for instance:
- using arts in healthcare training
- good building and facilities design as an aid to patient wellbeing
- using theatre to explore themes of sexual health
- the health benefits of laughter
- the huge amount of health information in libraries
The Sidney de Haan Researcb Centre for Arts and Health are doing some fantastic work into the benefits of music on individuals and communties, and you'll find more information here or in our health research pages.
Please also take a look at our Health links