Sixteen years ago, in the far north of Norway, just past a bus stop in the town of Alta and down a series of ramps to the edge of a fjord, I found one of the world’s finest displays of rock art. I’d ...

I usually start the year with the goal of reading more books. But, this year, my goal is to read just one: War and Peace (1869). Leo Tolstoy’s novel has been on my shelf for years, but lighter and ...

In my work as a psychotherapist, I often encounter clients who find it hard to make sense of themselves, appealing to ...

All of this is only mine through you.’ Time and identity collapse in a trans poet’s evocative message to her former self ...

Heather Swan writes nonfiction and poetry. She is the recipient of the Sigurd F Olson Nature Writing Award for nonfiction and the August Derleth Poetry Award. Her work has appeared in such journals as ...

What contagious crying, comforting hugs and other cute behaviour in infants tells us about the roots of emotional connection ...

In the Austrian Alps, a mother dedicates her heart and crisper drawer to a pet tortoise, lovingly captured by her son ...

For the men and boys of the Dom community in Varanasi, sacred cremations demand a lifetime of exhausting, dangerous labour ...

I was taken aback a few years ago when an article went viral admonishing its readers for sending so many ‘thank you’ emails – we’re all struggling with overflowing inboxes, it claimed, and insisting ...

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