World’s smallest island: it’s so tiny it barely fits a house

In times of chaos and crisis, we often dream of solitude: a place to escape the world. Perhaps even, for those of us who live in the hustle and bustle of a big city, running off to the world’s smallest island. Caught up in the collective rush to move and act, after all, makes it easy to romanticise remoteness and slowness – a pace of life that isn’t always determined by others.

There are many places in the world where that dream might be achievable. Islands without commuters. Coastal towns…