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Henry Wismayer

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Aug 31, 2022

Princess Diana Was Not Your Mother

The outpouring of grief over Diana’s death 25 years ago was the curtain-raiser for our age of hysteria.

Princess Diana Was Not Your Mother

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Curious

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Henry Wismayer

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Dec 15, 2020

The Bacillus, and the Art of Boredom

An illness in a Himalayan retreat was a proving-ground for parsing the frustrations of inertia from its small solaces

The Bacillus, and the Art of Boredom

Henry Wismayer

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Jul 27, 2020

Imagining A Life Less Mobile

Try not to mourn the holidays you won’t be taking this summer. We all need to get used to travelling less anyway.

Imagining A Life Less Mobile

Henry Wismayer

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May 25, 2020

Tripping The Light Fantastic

A cynic seeks to rediscover the art of wonder in the West Mongolian mountains.

Tripping The Light Fantastic

Henry Wismayer

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Feb 21, 2020

An Ode to Mountains

Some of us just can’t help seeing a peak without wondering what might be visible from its summit, and we’re not sure why.

An Ode to Mountains

Henry Wismayer

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Dec 2, 2019

A fork in the road.

A storm on the horizon.

A fork in the road.

Henry Wismayer

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Nov 17, 2019

Revenge of the Toffs

Britain’s class system is back. Did it ever go away?

Revenge of the Toffs

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The Writing Cooperative

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Henry Wismayer

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Jul 8, 2019

What Editors Really Mean

That pitch you just sent? It’s probably rubbish.

What Editors Really Mean

Henry Wismayer

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May 31, 2019

Into The Caucasus, And Back In Time

A trek along Georgia’s Svaneti Trail offers a time-warp world of medieval villages and jaw-dropping scenery.

Into The Caucasus, And Back In Time

Henry Wismayer

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Apr 21, 2019

ticktock

Last night, after watching ‘Climate Change: The Facts’, the BBC’s terrifying synopsis of what we have done to the planet, and where it is…

Henry Wismayer

Henry Wismayer

Essays, features and assorted ramblings for over 80 publications, inc. NYT Magazine, WaPo, NYT, The Atlantic, WSJ, Nat Geo, and TIME: www.henry-wismayer.com.

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