All Jilly Cooper’s novels offer the exact kind of heady escapism we could all do with more of, but perhaps none more so than ...

Escapism is marked by "a habitual diversion of the mind." Every day, it gives millions of us much-needed distraction from the monotony of the daily grind. The Cambridge Dictionary defines escapism as ...

Television dramas always reflect the mores and preoccupations of their eras. A few boast strong enough plots or performances to endure; most are soon outdated. “The White Lotus”, a hit that returned ...

As its title suggests, Taylor Swift’s “I Hate It Here” (from The Tortured Poets Department ) expresses an unabashed yearning for escapism. Trapped in a world of “mid-sized city hopes and small-town ...