Displaying the Dead
There's a controversy around displaying human remains in museums. I humbly ask: is the greater sin to make a spectacle of a human being, or to forget them?
Muse + Wander
An archive of travel journals {2015-2020} exploring place through cultural heritage.
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Drifting Through Lisbon
When you don’t know where to go next, the answer could be nowhere or anywhere. My answer for the time being, I recently discovered, is Lisbon.
Memento Mori
Little reminders of our own mortality might be the key to recognising the value of our time.
Kasos, a Palimpsest
On a remote island in the southeast Aegean I wonder about what it means for a place to be known, and whether in documenting things formally they become more forgotten.
Unaltered Peace in Kasos
The southernmost isle in the South Aegean, Kasos seems to float in a sea of its own.
Calabria, Unfiltered
Calabria is a crack in the pavement where something green manages to grow.
The French Riviera
On the shores of Côte d’Azur, centuries of glamorous holidaying come together, and come to life.
Following Fournoi
Safeguarding archaeology in trying times
Milan’s Chapel of Bones
Milan may claim to exist on earth as it is in heaven, but in truth, inside every city, in every era, and in all of us, are rooms where skeletons are stored.
Rotterdam Reborn
In the smooth surfaces that have won it awards for beauty and innovation, Rotterdam is a mirror of the energy and effort of those who built it.