Culture

The ecstatic swoon

As Stendhal knew, the reason for art is to make you feel. Do not try to grasp the artwork: allow it to grasp you instead

Robert D Zaretsky

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

Earthly delights

Noticing first one then many parrots, peacocks, owls and more birds in Old Master paintings taught me to truly see the world

Leanne Ogasawara

Beware the Nalujuit! A rare glimpse into a chilling Labrador Inuit tradition

13 minutes

Dashing to nowhere

D H Lawrence’s restless travels in Sardinia were a quest for self-knowledge. The real island slipped beneath his notice

William Atkins

A postcard from Mumbai, where there’s poetry in getting from A to B

5 minutes

The end of travel

Driven by the need for a storied life, I relished the opportunity for endless travel. Is that a moment in time, now over?

Henry Wismayer

‘My people!’ A Trinidadian’s love letter to his island, just before its 1962 independence

17 minutes

The rhythms of rural Thailand, where both food and music are sourced from the ground

15 minutes

Eccentrics, artists and Luddites find community on a remote Scottish peninsula

26 minutes

Fly with me

Jet-age glamour was more than just aesthetic: its promise of motionless movement reshaped perception of time and space

Vanessa R Schwartz