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Deeply interested in the nexus between the human and natural worlds, Brigid was trained as an environmental historian, has taught history and philosophy of science, and studied human ecology and anthropology. Never entirely at home in the academic world, she finds the wide-ranging interests of Aeon+Psyche a profoundly satisfying outlet for her sense of curiosity. In addition to supporting Paul’s overall direction of Aeon+Psyche, Brigid directs the editorial team to ensure that the vision of the magazines is manifest in our publishing programme. She works closely with our commissioning editors, photo editor, video programmers and production team, with the aspiration that our offerings are humane, diverse, thoroughly researched and brought to aesthetically pleasing life every week in both magazines. Outside of her work at Aeon+Psyche, Brigid is a member of the Melbourne Humanities Foundation, the Human Ecology Research Group at University College London, and the British Museum Friends Advisory Council, as well as a committed supporter of Indigenous education in Melbourne. You can find Brigid on Twitter @brigidhains.
Liam Heneghan
Photo by Jeffrey Greenberg/UIG/Getty
Randall D Jackson
Wild geese in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, New York City, USA, 2017. Photo by Rebecca Norris Webb from the book Brooklyn, the City Within with Alex Webb/Magnum Photos
Liam Heneghan
Margaret Mead photographed at the American Museum of Natural History, New York, 1930. Photo by Irving Browning/The New York Historical Society/Getty
Sam Dresser
Photo by Rapid Eye Media/Getty
Christian Jarrett
A firefighter battling the King Fire in Fresh Pond, California, on 17 September 2014. Photo by Noah Berger/Reuters
Stephen J Pyne
Adoration of the Magi (1423) by Gentile da Fabriano. Courtesy Uffizi Gallery, Florence/Wikipedia
Marnie Hughes-Warrington
A busy London park. Photo by Owen Humphreys/PA Images/Getty
Christian Jarrett
At the Remembrance Day ceremony at Old City Hall in Toronto, 11 November 2014. Photo by Mark Blinch/Reuters
Stephen T Asma & Rami Gabriel
Déesse V Nine Goodbye Kisses by Delphine Lebourgeois
Sally Davies
Omar ibn Said c1850. Digitally colourised. Omar ibn Said’s autobiography is the only known extant autobiography of a slave written in Arabic in America. It was not edited by his owner, as those of other slaves written in English were, and is therefore surmised to be more authentic. It also attests to the high level of education that existed in Africa at the time and also reveals that many Africans who were brought to the United States as slaves were followers of Islam. Public domain via the Beinecke Library/Yale University
Sam Haselby
Photo by Frederick Florin/AP/Getty
Carl Hendrick
Photo by Ted Spiegel/National Geographic/Getty
Stephen T Asma
Ramen heaven. From Juzo Itami’s 1985 noodle-western Tampopo. Courtesy Criterion Collection
Julian Baggini
At Wounded Knee, South Dakota, 1984. Photo by Pierre Perrin/Gamma-Rapho/Getty
Pam Weintraub
Deer roadkill on the highway in Texas. Photo by Bob Anderson/Getty
Gary Kroll
Jökulsárlón, Iceland. Photo by Max Pixel
Rob Nixon
Sisters, Pennsylvania, 1962. Photo by Eve Arnold/Magnum
Sandy Grant
A family of four wild albino whitetail deer in Wisconsin. Photo by Michael Crowley/Getty
Curt Meine
Eland antelopes, buffalos and humans, Republic of South Africa, Harrismith, Balmoral 8,000-2,000 BCE. Watercolour by Maria Weyersberg, 1929. Courtesy Frobenius-Institut Frankfurt am Main
Stephen T Asma
Distorted; CIA director Allen Dulles. Photo by Weegee/Getty
David Saunders
The Ain Sakhri lovers figurine. This is the oldest known representation of sexual intercourse in the world, dated c10,000 BCE. Photo courtesy of the Trustees of the British Museum
Holly Dunsworth & Anne Buchanan
Well improvised; Dizzy Gillespie at Deauville, France in 1991. Courtesy Wikipedia
Stephen T Asma
Daoist power: Herding Horses by Han Gan, Tang dynasty, China. Photo courtesy the National Palace Museum, Taipei/Wikipedia
Stephen C Angle, Kwame Anthony Appiah, Julian Baggini and others