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quality of life as it plays out in a place

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a place that knows you

I’m the wrong person to write this. I’ve spent years moving. The Netherlands, Aruba, Ibiza – and my present work takes me through cities I stay in for a few weeks and then leave. I’ve made a life out of not being anywhere for very long, and I’d choose it again tomorrow. Which doesn’t stop […]

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Athens: a good life, before the fieldwork

Athens QOL tour

On 3 July I fly to Athens. I’ll be there for three weeks, taking a proper look at what a good life looks like there – told by the people living it. I’m starting here for two reasons. Because Athens is where the good life first got its name. Eudaimonia – Aristotle’s word for a […]