Place
![A young woman in a contemporary apartment is reflected but partially obscured in the plate glass windows](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/1eb039bb-134a-486d-9cb8-f333b7a018ec/rt-gettyimages-688987488.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
Place
idea
The divided self: does where I live make me who I am?
At home in Delhi, I am a more social, interactive person. A quiet balcony in Frankfurt gave me space to be by myself
by Anandi Mishra
![Sticky reminder notes are seen on a mirror and on various other items on top of a chest of drawers](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/df1b8632-095c-4a92-9644-2fdb15377da4/rt-sart-well-memory-post-it_0149.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
The self
idea
What my mother’s sticky notes show about the nature of the self
Dementia accelerates a process we all experience, as our memories become increasingly externalised into the world around us
by Crispin Sartwell
![A person walking on a pier towards a lighthouse, holding a book behind their back, with the sea on the right under a grey sky.](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/39a3d7ba-d2b6-411f-aa0a-25ef83848231/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
Pleasures and pastimes
guide
How to wander
Whether in a city or the wilderness, near or far, there’s joy to be had in a journey where the destination doesn’t matter
by Jordan Fisher Smith
![A large flock of birds fills the sky at dusk over a car park, where people with binoculars observe them from beside their vehicles.](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/71bda118-3d89-40ba-8542-709add946b2e/exit-238.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
Place
film
A makeshift community of people and migratory birds converge on a strip mall
Directed by Henry Davis
![A woman and child stand on a barren, fire-ravaged landscape with scorched trees and hills in the background under a cloudy sky.](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/97184871-df6b-425f-9d2e-828d3e35b06e/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
Sacred places
idea
Our children will need to find the beauty in our burnt planet
How will our children find beauty in a world rapidly breaking into what observers call a spectacle of unremitting loss?
by Stephen J Pyne
![A man in sunglasses and a hat walks on a street with apartment buildings and a young man in the background.](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/e9bcc260-1e82-4f97-88da-aedefe4a0935/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
Depression
idea
Why life is faster but depression is lower in bigger cities
Large cities might seem detrimental to mental health but a comparison of depression rates suggests bigger is better
by Andrew Stier
![An ornate underground station with decorative arches, hanging lamps, and a yellow train arriving. Passengers are waiting and walking through the area.](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/ba5cecba-859e-4674-af72-c9613cd9639c/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
Architecture
guide
How to appreciate buildings
It’s easy to become blasé about the built world. Tune in more deeply and architectural adventures await around each corner
by Colin Ellard
![A rake with a wooden handle rakes through sand dunes, its trail mixing with shadows from a line of multicoloured flags.](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/87be7bb3-60ab-4d16-a949-fb283a4576bf/a-month-of-single-frames-landscape-1-v1.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
Meaning and the good life
film
An artist captures the joys of solitude amid a month living in a beach shack
Directed by Lynne Sachs
![A wooden box containing trinkets including a pink crystal and a heart-shaped stone on a wooden table.](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/27a60441-7f89-4839-9ff8-a6fd4be4f456/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
Place
idea
In hatboxes, pouches and bags lie the items that define us
Whether it be in a hatbox, wooden chest or leather bag, what makes some stuff personal, rather than just private property?
by Andreas Gehrlach
![Children playing in an autumnal park with large trees covered in red and orange leaves, and the ground blanketed in fallen leaves.](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/6dc07d65-7303-4bd5-9fd3-d0ca5190ab71/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
Nature and the environment
idea
Look past the woods – each tree is an individual to be cherished
Try to look past the woods and see the trees: there’s nothing as elemental as the human relationship with an individual tree
by Sarah Boon
![A cluttered room filled with stacks of books and papers, with a ginger cat lounging on a yellow chair in the centre.](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/24ddb05a-00c0-4ad1-ae14-cd7f219aa20c/adeus-aos-livros-goodbye-to-books-landscape-5.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
Place
film
The clutter of a used bookshop forms an evocative metaphor for memory
Directed by Diego Quinderé de Carvalho