Introduction
Chapter One: The Science of Kindness
Survival of the Kindest
Kindness: The Best Medicine
The Loop of Kindness
Flexing the Kindness Muscle
Chapter Two: Kindness in the Face of Persecution
The World's Kindest Village: The Story of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon
Harriet Tubman: Guided by Kindness
Walter and Adelaide: Fighting Injustice with Kindness in Apartheid South Africa
Chapter Three: Kindness in the Face of Prejudice
Sinead Burke: Campaigning for a Kinder World
Daryl Davis and the KKK
Chapter Four: Kindness in War
Charlie Brown and Franz Stigler: Kindness In the Clouds
Henri Dunant and the Red Cross
Ukrainian Refugees
Chapter Five: Kindness In the Face of Disaster
Titanic Kindness
The Great East Japan Earthquake 2011
Chapter Six: Kindness in the Face of Illness
A Touch of Kindness
Dispensing Kindness with Dr Peyo
Shirley Nolan: Signing up to Kindness
Chapter Seven: Kindness in Sport
The Olympic Spirit: Jesse Owens and Luz Long
A Victory for Kindness: Abel Mutai and Ivan Fernandez Anaya
The Sisterhood of Sportswomanship: Nikki Hamblin and Abbey D'Agostino
Chapter Eight: Kindness Towards Planet Earth
Anj Sharma
Afroz Shah
Ella and Caitlin McEwan: Battling the Burger Giants
Chapter Nine: Kindness Towards Animals
Save the Bear (Italy)
Alex and Kajazo: Fostering Kindness
Chapter Ten: Kind Customs
Ubuntu
Omotenashi (Japan)
The World's Most Generous Country
Caffe Sospeso
Iran's Wall of Kindness
London's Underground Kindness
Conclusion
Important Afterword: Be Kind to Yourself!
Teaching Kindness / Fill the World with Kindness Today
Introduction
How to Use This Book
Part 1: Artists of the Past
Ice Age stencils: The Pech Merle horses
Letters on clay: Sumerian cuneiform tablets
Magical hippo statuette: Ancient Egyptian art
Misty landscapes: Chinese ink-wash painting
Rainbow windows: Medieval stained glass
Mosaic faces: Aztec masks
Part 2: Modern Artists
Abstract paper weaving: Anni Albers
Minimalist soap sculptures: Barbara Hepworth
Drip paintings: Jackson Pollock
Surrealist creatures: Wifredo Lam
Under-the-sea cut-outs: Henri Matisse
Monochrome assemblages: Louise Nevelson
Mini tropical garden: Helio Oiticica
Part 3: Contemporary Artists
Street art warriors: Jean-Michel Basquiat
Recycled monsters: Tony Cragg
Natural displays: Andy Goldsworthy
Woven beings: Mrinalini Mukherjee
Eerie silhouettes: Kara Walker
Covered in dots: Yayoi Kusama
Floating buildings: Jeanne-Claude & Christo
List of artworks