Being a professional artist is about being ready when that wave, that opportunity, does come, and being adept enough to ride its momentum. James Paxton is ready.

An Editor's Diary about joining Wild Tales' "Summer Circle", created by Jack Harries, to learn "forgotten skills" like natural dyeing and navigation.

This is the last hurrah of summer before its heat rolls to a sleepy stall. Ruby, citrine, emerald, and rose quartz all dance in London’s streets, blending into morning markets filled with fruit and flowers.