2009年,英国作家阿兰·德波顿受邀成为英国希斯罗机场首位驻站作家,他由此开始细致了解一座机场的方方面面,最终写下了一部非凡的跨界作品《机场里的小旅行》。阿兰惊叹道:“在这个混乱纷杂的时代,航站楼显然是逻辑和秩序的庇护所……如果有人要你带火星人参观一个地方,其中简洁扼要地综合了人类文明中的各种主题——那么这个地方必然是机场的出入境大厅……” In 2009, British writer Alain Debton was invited to be the first resident writer at Heathrow Airport in the United Kingdom. From there, he began to understand all aspects of an airport and eventually wrote an extraordinary cross-border work entitled “ travel”. Alain exclaimed: "In this chaotic time, the terminal is clearly a shelter of logic and order ... if someone wants you to visit a place with Martians, which concisely summarizes the various themes of human civilization - then this place must be the airport departure and arrival hall.