Fifty years ago, women cleaners at a Belgian university went on strike, then set up their own cooperative called the ...

Like so many of Europe’s small-town wonders, Bruges is now well-pickled because its economy went sour so quickly.

Plus “Rooms for Vanishing” by Stuart Nadler and “Everybody Says It’s Everything” by Xhenet Aliu.

I took my paddleboard on a 1,200-mile journey, seeking escape from modern anxieties and testing the restorative power of “blue space” ...