Ditch your phone, tear up your plans and put on the brakes. Pico Iyer on the art of Slow Travel.
Category: Media Buzz
Happy Slow Year!
Why slowing down may be the best New Year’s resolution you can make.
Sign of the times
National Geographic’s 2014 Photo of the Year award goes to….a picture about tech addiction.
Book Sale!
Kindle edition of my new book, THE SLOW FIX, is now on sale at Amazon USA for 99 cents.
Phone-free driving
Check out Werner Herzog’s film on the perils + folly of texting while driving. Powerful, poignant + oddly beautiful.
Less is more
Private-schools chief warns children are overloaded with structured extracurricular activities. Says let them “just go out and mooch about in the garden.”
Leave those kids alone….
Head teacher at top London girls’ school rails against SNOWPLOUGH parenting.
Work less, achieve more
Why working long hours is bad for you – and the bottom line.
Ouch
The intensification of youth sports combined with ballooning waistlines is fuelling a spike in serious knee injuries among children.
The art of slowing down with art
Why it pays to take your time in museums and galleries…..