Essays
On Walking Home the Long Way
A short defence of the unnecessary detour, and of a mind left to its own devices.
Issue 214
Reading the week closely: culture, food, ideas and the wider world.
Senior Writer, Ideas
Clara writes long essays in short sittings, usually in a library, usually about attention and time.
13 stories
A short defence of the unnecessary detour, and of a mind left to its own devices.
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Acoustic scientist Sigrid Halvorsen spends her working life recording ice, and she says it has never been noisier.
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A master luthier on patience, wood and why the instruments often know more than the players do.
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After a lifetime of restaurant kitchens, Marguerite Lund is finally studying the science of what she always did by instinct.
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