What do we do when we meet an aggressive dog? Perhaps autistic synaesthesia has an answer… the autistic or primitive way isn’t always the socially worst way. It may in some instances just turn out to be the right way.

We were taking a leisurely family walk in our favorite wood, the four of us – Milo’s 8 and Will’s 6. There’s a wooden bridge where it’s good to stand and watch the narrow river flowing below. We thought we’d take some photos. A beautiful day, bluebells beg...