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The Broken Gramophone and the Stolen Land

4 hours ago

Photo by CHUTTERSNAP on Unsplash I want to tell two stories. Both are part of my family's history, both extremely impactful on the way I live, grow, and think. Because, as an Italian, I have family stories connected to the most turbulent periods in our country's history over the last 100 years, incl...

Friday 11 July, 2025

1 day ago

The Reader I love the way this chap was able to block out the chaos and bustle of a busy railway station. Quote of the Day ”Confidence is what you have before you understand the problem.” Woody Allen Musical alternative … Continue reading →

How Was Your First Trip With Your Significant Other?

2 days ago

Listen and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. Dylan Thuras: Hey, everybody, Dylan here. So at the beginning of this year, we made an episode about traveling with a significant other for the first time, and we got just a ton of stories. And so we decided to do another e...

Imagining, for Grown-Ups: On Perfect Parents

2 days ago

by Lei Wang I solemnly swear this is not a column complaining about my parents. But the first time I listened to this ten-minute meditation on Imagining Ideal Parents by the clinical psychologist and Tibetan Buddhist teacher Dan Brown, I cried the entire way through. Also the second, third, fourth, ...

Why memento mori is the ultimate life hack

3 days ago

The plane lurched violently upward. “Ladies and gentlemen, we’re making an emergency climb due to traffic in our flight path.” In other words: There’s a plane where it’s not supposed to be, so we’re getting the hell out of here. The captain’s voice was steady, but the g-forces pressing me into my se...

Ferran Adrià’s Turin Experiment

3 days ago

What happens when an Italian coffee dynasty, a filmmaker, an eccentric, and one of the world's great chefs dream up a restaurant? Turin's Condividere is the subject of a new book co-authored by R&K's Eugenio Signoroni. The post Ferran Adrià’s Turin Experiment appeared first on Roads & Kingdoms.