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Finding my Flock

I lay awake in bed under a 15-tog duvet and the crushing weight of loneliness. It was nearly 2 a.m. The street outside was as...

The Colour Beneath Lisbon

You can’t own Lisbon. You only rent her breath. João scrapes mildew from the kitchen tiles of his uncle’s old flat, the blue glaze flaking...

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....

Miles above Manhattan

It started to drizzle when I approached 48th St. and Park Ave. I glanced at my watch under the raincoat sleeve. It was 6:45 pm....

Heartbeats Behind Our Songs

In Aotearoa New Zealand’s electric contemporary literary scene, Tina Makereti is a Māori novelist, essayist, scholar, and cultural worker with an unmistakable voice whose prose...

A Beautiful Village

The first time I visited Europe, I was travelling with my 12-year-old son, Nick. My husband had died six years earlier, and I wanted to...

The Horse and the Sea

When I bring my horse to the sea, we both must face our fears of the rising tide. Our struggles stretch across ancestors and oceans,...

Summer of Seventeen

My older brother Dan and I stood patiently along the side of the road north of Accra, Ghana. A white Daihatsu pickup truck approached, and...

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...

Remember, Breathe

1. Decide to study abroad in Scotland for four months. When your family takes to the airport, you’re shaking. Almost turn back. Almost give up....

Cemetery Conversations with My Dead Dad

In 2019, I returned to London for the first time since 1990. I remembered the city vividly, both because I’d looked at the photos countless...

Namesake

I struggled mightily with coins during my first few days in Japan. My internal currency converter—shoved bleary-eyed and yawning onto the streets of Tokyo—required a...

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...

Who is Reading Panorama Journal?

Panorama’s 35,790 readers hail from 177 countries. The US tops the list with 46% of total readership, followed by the UK (17%), India (5%), Philippines...

Down the Road

Welcome to Manchester! You! Yes, you! Alright? We’re starting in town and then heading south. The city centre has always been “town” to us. Here...

The Souvenir

The rain pelted the window of our Frankfurt hotel room. Late January, dark before dinner. My son, wobbling more than walking at 15 months, discovered...

Issue 10: Intimacy

Welcome to Panorama: The Journal of Travel, Place, and Nature’s 10th edition. This issue focuses on INTIMACY in all its forms from a closeness and...

Award Nominations

Award nominations are an important part of championing authors and new writing. Over the past year, we’ve nominated a number of authors (see the lists...

The Sound of Chattering Greek Ladies

Hills, sea, tzatziki, ouzo, Guinness, monasteries and woods, this lyric essay is a collage of journeys in Greece, Ireland and home town Amsterdam. Throughout this...

Sauntering Through The Holy Land

High above the sun pulses in the haze of an ash-grey sky. It’s a Thursday in late August 1998, nearing one o’clock in the afternoon,...