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...worlds of the living and the dead was thinnest. This was a time when the visitation of spirits was most likely, a time of reflection, resurrection and reckoning. The annual practice of dressing up and wearing scary costumes on Halloween night can be at least partially explained therefore as an attempt to confuse and repel the spirits walking the earth, to blend in amongst...

...world, and how we may labour for others in achieving this state is a theme that runs constantly through Sacks' life and work. I realise this may seem vague, but suffice to say it’s an elusive phenomenon and the work of a lifetime. Take the cover of On The Move, which features a young Sacks astride a motorcycle, almost unrecognisable from the figure we have come to know...