Muse + Wander

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…

Dec 1, 2020

November 2020

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.

Nov 19, 2020

October 2020

Memento Mori

Little reminders of our own mortality might be the key to recognising the value of our time.

Oct 31, 2020

September 2020

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…

Sep 30, 2020

August 2020

Unaltered Peace in Kasos

The southernmost isle in the South Aegean, Kasos seems to float in a sea of its own.

Aug 31, 2020

July 2020

Calabria, Unfiltered

Calabria is a crack in the pavement where something green manages to grow.

Jul 1, 2020

June 2020

The French Riviera

On the shores of Côte d’Azur, centuries of glamorous holidaying come together, and come to life.

Jun 3, 2020

May 2020

April 2020

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…

Apr 15, 2020

March 2020

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.

Mar 2, 2020

January 2020

History Recreated

Reframing history as a creative discipline.

Jan 13, 2020

December 2019

Budapest, Glory and Gore

Everywhere you go and everyone you meet has a story to tell; it’s just a matter of asking to hear it.

Dec 20, 2019