essayAnimals and humans
To build a nest
Throughout the animal kingdom, the parents of newborns must strive to create snug sanctuaries in a hazardous world
Helen Jukes
videoProgress and modernity
Moving from Tibet to Beijing, Drolma reconciles big dreams with harsh realities
31 minutes
videoAgeing and death
Memories of friends and neighbours light the streets of a seaside village in England
11 minutes
videoHome
Life moves slowly in a Romanian mountain village, shaped by care and the seasons
13 minutes
videoAnimals and humans
One man’s quest to save an orphaned squirrel, as narrated by David Attenborough
14 minutes
essayThe environment
On unstable ground
A ‘great reshuffle’ of the land is underway. It will force us to reconsider traditional ideas of property and ownership
Michael Albertus
videoHome
How an artist transformed a dilapidated hunting lodge into a house made of dreams
8 minutes
videoFilm and visual culture
Our world has very different contours when a millimetre is blown up to a full screen
8 minutes
essayHome
How to lose your home
In a changing climate, the instinct is to save everything you can. But maybe letting go is braver – and better for the future?
Dan Hancox
essayHome
The joy of clutter
The world sees Japan as a paragon of minimalism. But its hidden clutter culture shows that ‘more’ can be as magical as ‘less’
Matt Alt
essayHome
Falling for suburbia
Modernists and historians alike loathed the millions of new houses built in interwar Britain. But their owners loved them
Michael Gilson
videoHome
Tracing circles with her suitcase, Yuge mourns seasons of separation from family
5 minutes
essayHome
Return of the descendants
I migrated to my ancestral homeland in a search for identity. It proved to be a humbling experience in (un)belonging
Jessica Buchleitner
videoLove and friendship
Love looks a bit different for a chain-smoking couple in a small apartment
11 minutes
videoNature and landscape
What it’s like to care for Yellowstone during its quietest – and coldest – months
13 minutes
videoPersonality
Why one man spent 15 years in ‘self-imposed’ island exile
7 minutes
videoHome
Whether above a pub or in a castle, our childhood homes leave an indelible mark
15 minutes
videoSubcultures
Living off-grid on a remote Scottish island is a mix of rejection and acceptance
13 minutes
videoRituals and celebrations
From roaring fire and molten glass an artist creates a healing ritual
13 minutes
videoArt
An ageing artist’s unguarded thoughts on what it takes to be great – and why he lacks it
12 minutes
essayHistory
Slavery en famille
The story of Marie Aymard and five generations of her family tells an intimate history of slavery in a small French town
Emma Rothschild
videoAnthropology
On the run from COVID-19, an Indigenous family treks deep into the Amazon rainforest
17 minutes
videoHuman rights and justice
The buzzes, clanks and whirrs of prison life form a meditation on freedom
17 minutes
videoHome
The rhythms of rural Thailand, where both food and music are sourced from the ground
15 minutes