Meghan O’Rourke travels to one of the quietest places on earth for lessons in stillness. 

Kya deLongchamps explores the gentle genius of George Nakashima, one of the leading lights of American Studio furniture.

 

More than 30,000 Nike basketball shoes – enough to kit out every high school team in Alaska – are drifting through the Pacific Ocean towards the state after spilling from a container ship off Northern California.