CULTURES
Seoul 1988: Real life in the land of miracles
Aug 02, 2016
Written by
Simon Winchester
Korea, insular and little-known to the Western world, was once dubbed the Hermit Kingdom. Today, given South Korea’s remarkable economic growth, it has earned another name – the land of miracles. Simon Winchester trekked the country hosting the Olympic Games
Greek tragedy: How Greece’s Olympic legacy lies in ruins
Aug 02, 2016
Written by
Amrita Carroll
In the run up to the Rio Olympics, the legacy of the £6billion 2004 Athens Olympics has been laid bare in these revealing images
All bar none: How ancient soap making methods are reinvigorating Crete
Jun 16, 2016
Written by
Daniel Allen
Olive oil soap from Crete was once the toast of the Mediterranean. Entrepreneurial, nature-loving Cretans are now taking the island’s soap-making tradition to new levels
Shifting sands of the Bedouin world
May 24, 2016
Written by
Michael Benanav
Bedouin pastoralists have inhabited the deserts of the Middle East and North Africa for thousands of years. Today, however, many are finding it increasingly difficult to maintain their traditional semi-nomadic way of life
Common alphabet for Canada’s Inuit
Apr 02, 2016
Written by
Chris Fitch
Canada’s Inuit population is beginning a year-long project to amalgamate its varying written characters in order to create a common alphabet
Tajikistan's strict control
Mar 16, 2016
Written by
Chris Fitch
The widely reported shaving of thousands of Muslim men in Tajikistan is the latest in a series of strict measures adopted by the country in recent years
Serving the community: How the Basque keep their culture alive
Feb 23, 2016
Written by
Chris Fitch
In southwest France, Chris Fitch finds himself seduced by a unique Basque cultural identity that preserves its heritage with a stubborn yet admirable passion
Building a Republic
Dec 30, 2015
Written by
Marco Magrini
Isolated and battered by storms and earthquakes, the relatively new nation of Vanuatu struggles at times to survive. Marco Magrini marvels at how a land of diversity overcomes immense hardship
Austria by rail
Dec 20, 2015
Written by
Hazel Southam
If you want to see the ‘high hills’ or ‘lonely goatherds’ of Austria, Hazel Southam discovers there’s no better way than taking the train
The waters of Hellbrunn
Dec 17, 2015
Written by
Hazel Southam
Hazel Southam investigates how a 17th century practical joke in Austria, led to a 19th century water sustainability project that’s still going strong today
Thought for food: Provence’s new identity
Oct 09, 2015
Written by
Laura Cole
French food is formally recognised by UNESCO as World Intangible Heritage. However, the southern region of Provence is using gastronomy to bolster its own identity
Out of Africa
Aug 11, 2015
Written by
Chris Fitch
Archaeological finds shed new light on how societies dealt with climate change
The Welsh Gauchos
Aug 04, 2015
Written by
Laura Cole
There’s a little bit of Wales alive and well in the valleys of Argentina
All the world’s a stage
Jul 27, 2015
Written by
Melody Kemp
A two-year global tour sees Shakespeare’s Globe theatre attempting to put on performances of Hamlet in every country on the planet. Geographical caught up with the players in Laos
Unearthing Iceland’s heritage
Jul 14, 2015
Written by
Chris Fitch
Recent discoveries suggest Iceland’s first settlers were not, in fact, Viking-age Scandinavians. Celtic Scottish and Irish explorers look likely to have arrived first
The forgotten war
Jul 11, 2015
Written by
Laura Cole
As WWI commemorations take place, Malawi, Tanzania and Kenya remember the East Africa campaign
Rights of passage
Jun 27, 2015
Written by
Chris Fitch
A landmark ruling finally gives hope to indigenous peoples around the world fighting to reclaim their homelands
Finland’s vanishing rural population
Jun 26, 2015
Written by
Tom Hart
Finland is one of the OECD’s most rural countries, but the rural population is ageing fast and one-by-one the country’s villages are shrinking away
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