Matthew Beaumont

You can tell a lot about someone by the way they walk. As Matthew Beaumont argues, the body holds the social traumas of race, history, and inequality. Our stride reflects our social and political experiences and inequalities, highlighting how we navigate the necessary constant vigilance against city life. Through a series of portraits of major thinkers, Beaumont explores the relationship...

Can you get lost in a crowd? Is it polite to stare at people walking past on the street? What differentiates the city of daylight from the nocturnal metropolis? What connects walking, philosophy, and the big toe? Can we save the city—or ourselves—by taking the pavement? There is no such thing as the wrong step; every time we walk, we...