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Chefs prepare gastronomic cuisine at the Fête de la Gastronomie event, Provence
Cultures

Thought for food: Provence’s new identity

Oct 09, 2015
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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
Cultures

Out of Africa

Aug 11, 2015
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Archaeological finds shed new light on how societies dealt with climate change
The Welsh Gauchos
Cultures

The Welsh Gauchos

Aug 04, 2015
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There’s a little bit of Wales alive and well in the valleys of Argentina
All the world’s a stage
Cultures

All the world’s a stage

Jul 27, 2015
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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
The three-chambered artificial cave of Seljalandshellar
Cultures

Unearthing Iceland’s heritage

Jul 14, 2015
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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
Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians died during the East Africa campaign of the East World War
Cultures

The forgotten war

Jul 11, 2015
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As WWI commemorations take place, Malawi, Tanzania and Kenya remember the East Africa campaign
Rights of passage
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Rights of passage

Jun 27, 2015
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A landmark ruling finally gives hope to indigenous peoples around the world fighting to reclaim their homelands
A house in Lapland
Cultures

Finland’s vanishing rural population

Jun 26, 2015
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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
Approximately 24 per cent of Swiss youth have smoked cannabis
Cultures

High on a hill

Jun 21, 2015
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Switzerland’s youth have the second- highest cannabis consumption in the world, according to UNICEF
Parliament Hill in Ottawa, where the final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission was announced on 2 June
Cultures

The lasting impact of Canada’s truth and reconciliation

Jun 16, 2015
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Now that the final report has been announced, Geographical looks at the key debates around the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Canada and how important it has been to indigenous cultural resurgence
Drought media: does it help?
Cultures

Drought media: does it help?

May 28, 2015
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Although California gets all the current headlines, there are numerous significant drought events occurring elsewhere in the world. Geographical explores why you are not hearing about them
Contestants for the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest, Vienna, Austria
Cultures

Eurovision redefines Europe’s geography... again

May 21, 2015
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Australia’s inclusion in the Eurovision song contest may be an extreme geographic anomaly, but it’s another example of Europe’s continuing expansion
The ‘eternal flame’ at the Zoroastrian Ateshgah ‘Fire Temple’ near Baku, Azerbaijan
Cultures

Geological secrets behind eternal flames

May 20, 2015
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‘Eternal flames’ from ancient times should interest modern geologists
Report from Dark Mountain
Cultures

Report from Dark Mountain

May 11, 2015
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The Dark Mountain project aims to change how people think about the environment. Completely...
Stone cold in Sitka
Cultures

Stone cold in Sitka

Apr 25, 2015
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A devastating landslide near the city of Sitka in Alaska last September has unearthed evidence of early human occupation in the region – a prehistoric hammer or ‘handmaul’
Sally Binford helped to revolutionise archaeology
Cultures

Blazing Trowels

Apr 08, 2015
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Dinosaur shoes, gender equality and geography combine in a unique archival project
From Makkah to Madinah
Cultures

From Makkah to Madinah

Mar 31, 2015
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A new book uses GPS and GIS to trace the Prophet Muhammad’s route from Makkah to Madinah with increased accuracy
Masai warriors of southern Kenya singing in a cultural ceremony
Cultures

Climate tones

Mar 22, 2015
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Geography can change the way you speak, and not just through the use of jargon
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