On 30 October 2024 Professor Simon Bell, who was awarded his personal chair in Landscape and  Wellbeing in 2023, gave his inaugural lecture entitled “The role of landscape in supporting human health and wellbeing: what is this and how does it work?” The lecture showed how the human relationship with nature and landscape developed over time, the research undertaken by Simon together with colleagues in OPENspace and elsewhere and some of the challenges ahead. Simon wove into this story some elements of his career which intersected with and helped to build up his work, starting out as a forester and going on to become a landscape architect. The lecture was recorded and can be viewed  at this link: Inaugural Lecture – Professor Simon Bell – Media Hopper Create