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The Mixed Gaze: Black & Queer in the Age of Anti-Extraction

Rainy season in Jakarta—the kind of downpour that soaks through your clothes, doubles their weight, and leaves you sweating before you’ve moved an inch. I...

Colours of Hatred

It was towards the end of May. There had just been a sandstorm, and Dad’s car was covered in dust. He was washing it, and...

Issue 17: Reflections

Welcome to Panorama: The Journal of Travel, Place, and Nature’s 17th edition. Many thanks to all contributors, readers, and particularly the editors—Paula Lee, Devi S....

Blue in Travel Abstract

Mahmoud Elmardi, a Sudanese visual artist and novelist, was born in 1988 in the historic city of Bahri, Khartoum—a region renowned for its rich cultural...

Tuvalu: A Christmas Carol

I was flying from Australia to the Philippines, or perhaps to Fiji, or to Hawaii. I would have to check my notes. Due to some...

The Quest to Kars

Beneath a sky heavy with the promise of winter, Kars had arrived, not merely as a destination, but as a revelation. Angelic flakes danced beyond...

Lee Miller

Curators Hilary Floe and Saskia Flower have put together this Lee Miller retrospective exhibition of 200 plus photographs, including some never before printed. The exhibition...

They Pass and Smile, the Children of the Sword

November came upon me so quickly this year, and it came in such a way I felt the compulsion to write after all these years....

Issue 16: Encounters

Welcome to Panorama: The Journal of Travel, Place, and Nature’s 16th edition: Encounters. In this edition, you will find over 110 works by more than...

Silk Roads: British Museum

This magnificent exhibition celebrates and expands the concept of the ‘Silk Road’. The derivation of the Silk Road began in the 18th century reflecting on...

Issue 13: Fire

Welcome to Panorama: The Journal of Travel, Place, and Nature’s 13th edition, on the theme of ‘fire.’ Fire: /ˈfʌɪə/ origin: Old English fȳr (noun), fȳrian...

The Great Falafel War of Egypt

My time in Egypt through the auspices of the Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad allowed for many smaller-scale experiences that augmented the wonderful lectures and visits to...

Issue 12: Cities

Welcome to Panorama: The Journal of Travel, Place, and Nature’s 12th edition. In this issue, we present work on the theme of ‘cities,’ whether in...

Legion: Life in the Roman Army

The exquisite head of Augustus, Rome’s first Emperor, welcomes you to Legion. It is a wonderful, comprehensive exhibition, which tells the story of the men,...

Isolation in Iceland

Iceland in winter is the closest one can get to living in eternal night. This country is extraterrestrial; a stretch of solar landscape, rock formations,...

Ancient America’s Corn Corridor

‘Looks like it’s broken,’ he said pointing to the two holes in the ground. We were having dinner with Benito Treviño and his wife Toni at...

The Long Journey

I was accustomed to the intense heat, but that morning it seemed to me unbearable. Perhaps because I was looking forward to completing my goal....

Staring Down the Language Barrier

The first language I heard was Arabic. I am sure of it although I don’t actually remember. I do know the endearments toward babies, ill...

The Librarian’s Flame, or Alexandria

The pale, blue horizon was covered in a searing mist. The late summer humidity cast a mirage of white fog over the northerly, African city....

Imaginary Peaks

Maps are instruments of knowledge, science, and faith. One trusts the ability of the mapmakers and their associates to measure the terrain accurately, and then...