Personal, opinionated, occasionally unreasonable — essays on books, cities, tea and the art of paying attention, written by the people of Terravium.
The origins of the game of cricket are murky, but the earliest definite reference to the sport is dated 17 January 1597, equating to 27 January 1598 in modern New Style dates. It is a deposition in the records of a legal case at Guildford, Surrey, regarding usage of a parcel of land. John Derrick,…
I bought nine books last year and finished two — one was a cookbook. Notes on quitting the reading race, and what a month of slow reading taught me about attention.
Moroccan mint, Turkish çay, Japanese matcha, English builder’s — what the world’s great tea rituals taught me about hospitality.
I deleted the apps, kept the phone, and braced for boredom. What actually happened surprised me — mostly in the first seventy-two hours.
We save the guidebook energy for boarding passes. One weekend as a tourist in my own city taught me exactly how much I had been walking past.
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