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Words in Ideas aims to bring you an understanding of the world by analysing the meaning of words and cultural backgrounds. Each month, we choose a book, a word, a foreign land, and a translation challenge.
Here are the articles of this month:
- THE INTREPID BOOK SOCIETY: Keyword: MARRIAGE | “Wifedom: Mrs. Orwell’s Invisible Life”, by Anna Funder
- WORD CHRONICLES: Keyword: MARRIAGE | Divorce as a change of course
- FOREIGN LANDS: TRAVEL | Reinventing foreign lands in our imagination [25.02.2026]
- NEW SERIES! BRINGING ACROSS: Keyword: MARRIAGE | “Wife” in different languages
- NEW! Extra: Fiction books about a wife in the 1960s (translated into Portuguese)
- Extra: Fiction books set in Greenland (translated into Portuguese)
The world is full of evil and that is what is shown to us on television and social media. Yet, around the world, people are taking action against it and making the most amazing initiatives happen. Each day, Words in Ideas highlights one of those wonders.
- Good news for Irish artists: their government has approved a basic income scheme so they can dedicate themselves to art without falling into poverty. This was decided after a successful trial.
Read the highlights of the previous days here.
There are so many places to travel to, where to start? Let’s follow the tips of journalists around the word. Here are the tips for this month:
- Khiva, Uzbekistan: This Silk Road city is stepping out of the shadows in 2026, by Sophie Ibbotson (National Geographic)
- Literary travel ideas for every kind of book lover, by Amy Thomas (National Geographic)
- Milan like a local, by Valentina Za (Reuters)
- An ‘Uber of the Alps’: The Swiss ski resort reinventing winter, by Mike MacEacheran (BBC)
Read the tips of the previous months here.
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