Travel
![A woman sitting inside a red double-decker bus at night, with a busy street and shops in the background.](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/490c8de8-56da-4bfc-9af0-2a7de6f6d195/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
Freedom and choice
idea
Why not driving is my own form of resistance
As romantic petrochemical-fuelled narratives slip into the past, I’ve found my own kind of freedom in a life without a car
by Vicky Grut
![Large tipping icebergs with intricate formations float on a dark, choppy sea under a cloudy sky.](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/38e35bba-8744-4ca3-9fec-4140e4d6b52e/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
Travel
idea
Why virtual travel is no substitute for being in a place
Around the world in 80 virtual-reality simulations? Why armchair travel will never be a substitute for the weary trudge
by Emily Thomas
![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
![Painting of an outdoor community gathering, with people dancing and playing music near a house with a thatched roof. Many onlookers are seated.](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/cdf8da5c-fa21-4520-8b71-1cc88b7341e8/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
Rituals and celebrations
film
Come on this painterly journey to Madagascar’s ‘turning of the dead’
Directed by Bastien Dubois
![Red train travelling through a snow-covered mountainous landscape with frosted pine trees and snowy hills, viewed from inside one of the carriages.](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/d24a5b4a-1e39-4871-80d6-83cd347d17c3/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
Travel
guide
How to be a more ethical traveller
You are itching to get out there and want to do it with care. How do you avoid traps like voluntourism and greenwashing?
by Carolin Lusby
![Illustration of a coastal landscape with a yellow tower, green hills, and cacti in the foreground, overlooking a calm sea under a blue sky.](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/471aca07-fe48-48e8-9f1b-c6a455f2e6ab/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
Travel
film
Postcards from a Tuscan island where an unhurried pace is a way of life
Directed by Tom Schroeder
![Black wire sculpture of a person dancing, with a sketchy background of buildings, trees, and a street in black, blue, and red.](https://images.aeonmedia.co/images/dd19cf34-46bc-41ad-8109-72b5819d83b8/original.jpg?width=3840&quality=75&format=auto)
Parenting and families
film
When a young woman leaves home, her parents’ world literally begins to unravel
A film by Dina Velikovskaya