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ExploreArchitecture, Identity and the Meaning of Home: Lahore, Pakistan
How strange it is to feel both at home and not at home. When a Lahorian diaspora writer travels from Birmingham to her Pakistani city of birth, she reflects on the meaning of place and identity as she seeks connection through Lahore’s Mughal architecture and colonial buildings.
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ExploreAn Ode to Camping: Presence, Peace and Poetry in the Great Outdoors
We’re packing up the camping gear and heading for the hazy horizon, where life-affirming simplicity awaits and tea drunk from a tin cup by the campfire is the remedy for all ills.
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ExploreOut of Many, One People: A Global Quest for Acceptance and Home
The American dream never satisfied one multi-racial traveller. As she experiences the kindness of strangers on her journeys across Europe, South America and beyond, her understanding of “home” shifts from place to the power of human connection.
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ExploreA Long Walk to Freedom in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
A photojournalist joins the pilgrims in the mountain trails of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, where she rediscovers her faith in humanity one step at a time.
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ExploreSafe Harbour: Rediscovering the Coastal Landscape of West Penwith, Cornwall
A pair of childhood friends explore the coastal landscape of their youth on the western tip of Cornwall
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ExploreSticky Carpets and Recirculated Air: Is “Normadic Travel” Here to Stay?
Once considered boring, our everyday interactions (as we remember them) have become the ultimate luxuries of 2020. Sticky carpets, recirculated air, cheap rosé? Businesses are capitalising on our fetish for the mundane and catering to a burgeoning community of “normads” – those who’d rather indulge in the ordinary than head out on a sublime adventure.
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ExploreArt Deco by the Sea: Coastal Culture and the Architecture of Escapism
In many places across the world, the sweeping curves and nautical designs of art deco have shaped the way we experience the seaside. We trace the evolution of its architectural style from the 30s to present day, taking you from Margate to Miami Beach via Mumbai.
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ExploreThe Blank Page: Destinations that Inspire Authors
Ten authors divulge the destinations that inspire them to put pen to paper.
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ExplorePride and Prejudice: Hope, Homophobia and Why LGBTQ+ Travel Matters to Us All
While the “gaycation” is an often mythologised aspect of LGBTQ+ culture, the idea of seeking liberation and taking a segregated holiday feels at odds. Speaking to queer travellers from across the world, we stitch together tales of hope and homophobia, pride and prejudice. A rainbow flag on a check-in desk just doesn’t cut it.
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ExploreBeyond Mamma Mia!: A Pocket Guide to the Sporades Islands, Greece
Skip Santorini and fun-loving Mykonos in favour of a slow-living escape in Greece’s Sporades islands. Movie buffs might recognise the archipelago from hit musical Mamma Mia!, but we’re here to guide you to the rustic-luxe hotels, quaint tavernas and the beaches loved by locals.
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ExploreHoming Instinct: Finding Comfort in the Cotswolds
Returning to the Cotswolds where she grew up, our writer cherishes familiar territory as lockdown descends.
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ExploreThe Real Scourge of Summer 2020? Shameless Touriphobia
Has “overtourism” been eclipsed by “touriphobia”? At a time when tourist-centric economies need visitors more than ever, a counter-wave of touriphobes – those with an irrational fear of or aversion to tourists – seems to be rising. Should summer 2020’s tourists be revered or reviled?
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ExploreThessaloniki isn’t the New Shoreditch. It’s Better. Here’s Why
A cultural hub and haven for creatives, Thessaloniki is often likened to San Francisco or Shoreditch. These comparisons only tell part of the story. In Greece’s second city, traces of the past and a cosmopolitan atmosphere born of diverse cultural influences form a dynamic metropolis with a rhythm of its own.
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ExploreAbandoned Dwellings: The Shadows of Beirut’s Splendour
Lebanese photographer Gregory Buchakjian spent nearly a decade locating, documenting and photographing abandoned buildings across Beirut. Now he is surrounded by the rubble of those devastated buildings following the explosion that shook the entire city.
