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THE TRAVELLER
The Line of Beauty: restless, adventurous, always on the move, they boldly go to places the rest of us can only imagine. Kassia St Clair follows a winding trailFrom INTELLIGENT LIFE magazine,...
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KEEPING JOHN BETJEMAN COMPANY
~ Posted by Samantha Weinberg, October 9th 2015The statue of Sir John Betjeman, coat billowing, holding onto his hat, stands seven-foot tall on the upper concourse of St Pancras International, the...
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HOT COALS TO NEW YORK
Short read: as Ivo van Hove’s “A View from the Bridge” transfers to New York, Isabel Lloyd considers a production of almost psychotic focusFrom INTELLIGENT LIFE magazine, September/October 2015When...
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LIKE FALLEN FORBIDDEN FRUIT
Lipsmacking: Georgia Grimond samples a staple Brazilian snack with a difference at Rio de Janeiro's VoltaFrom INTELLIGENT LIFE magazine, September/October 2015One of Rio’s loveliest avenues is the...
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CRACKING CODER
Some people think Ada Lovelace was the first computer programmer; others that she is hugely overrated. Two hundred years after her birth, Emma Duncan assesses the legacy of the ultra-numerate...
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THE HUMAN LAYER
Is humanity’s impact on its environment so huge that the planet has entered a new geological era: the Anthropocene? The idea is gaining ground—and dividing scientists. Helen Gordon investigatesFrom...
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RADICAL TANTRA
Westerners tend to think Tantra is only about sex. Exploring its origins in Kathmandu, Isabella Tree finds a philosophy more revolutionary than she had imaginedFrom INTELLIGENT LIFE magazine,...
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FROM NIGERIA TO NORTH KOREA
Six Good Books: Maggie Fergusson’s latest picks, including a dramatic Booker prize contender and a harrowing escape from the Hermit KingdomFrom INTELLIGENT LIFE magazine, November/December...
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THE FASHION FOR FAUXSTALGIA
When Luke Leitch was stranded without clothes in New York he decided to outfit himself like a local—only to realise that 21st-century New Yorkers dress like 1950s forest rangersFrom INTELLIGENT LIFE...
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THE GOURMET ON THE FLOOR
My Madeleine: is there a food more American than Cheerios, Spam or Libby’s pumpkin? Nell Zink thinks there is—and knows where to find itFrom INTELLIGENT LIFE magazine, November/December 2015One of the...
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