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Travel · Culture
Stories
First-person pieces, written once the trip has had time to settle.
City guides
Guides
Where to walk, where to eat and which streets deserve an afternoon.
Photography · Design
Essays
Long photo sequences, edited like a printed spread.
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Hazy coastal headlands and sea stacks above a rocky shore, green pasture in the foreground

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Maya Collins
Writes the long walks and slow trains, from a notebook she keeps in her coat pocket.
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Ethan Brooks
Shoots most of the journal's visual essays, on film when the light allows it.
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Sofia Laurent
Edits the design, food and culture pieces, and keeps the city guides up to date.
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