CULTURES
Drought media: does it help?
May 28, 2015
Written by
Laura Cole
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
Eurovision redefines Europe’s geography... again
May 21, 2015
Written by
Chris Fitch
Australia’s inclusion in the Eurovision song contest may be an extreme geographic anomaly, but it’s another example of Europe’s continuing expansion
Geological secrets behind eternal flames
May 20, 2015
Written by
Tom Hart
‘Eternal flames’ from ancient times should interest modern geologists
Report from Dark Mountain
May 11, 2015
Written by
Tom Hart
The Dark Mountain project aims to change how people think about the environment. Completely...
Stone cold in Sitka
Apr 25, 2015
Written by
Tom Hart
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’
Blazing Trowels
Apr 08, 2015
Written by
Tom Hart
Dinosaur shoes, gender equality and geography combine in a unique archival project
From Makkah to Madinah
Mar 31, 2015
Written by
Tom Hart
A new book uses GPS and GIS to trace the Prophet Muhammad’s route from Makkah to Madinah with increased accuracy
Climate tones
Mar 22, 2015
Written by
Tom Hart
Geography can change the way you speak, and not just through the use of jargon
Ethiopia’s hidden treasures
Feb 26, 2015
Written by
Tom Hart
Ethiopia was among the world’s first Christian countries, but its many remote churches remain hidden – even from the locals
A band apart
Feb 22, 2015
Written by
Tom Hart
The Bushmen people's belief that they are amongst human's most ancient races has reportedly been proven
Afghan Ink
Feb 20, 2015
Written by
Tom Hart
An artist records day-to-day Afghan life from Kabul to Herat in ink
Britain’s deeper human history
Feb 19, 2015
Written by
Tom Hart
A vanishing UK coastline reveals a deeper human history
Expats’ Ecu-adore!
Feb 13, 2015
Written by
Tom Hayes
A 2014 study, The World Through Expat Eyes, has found Ecuador to be the country with the most content expat population
A geography of breakfast
Feb 09, 2015
Written by
Tom Hart
Doughnuts, eels, and bean curd buns feature on breakfast menus across the world. Geographical looks at global breakfasts, from the full English to beyond
No dice in Macau
Feb 08, 2015
Written by
Tom Hart
Gambling accounted for 80 per cent of the government’s revenue in 2013, but recent figures are showing that Macau’s gaming economy has started to go wrong
Study links online dating to HIV increase
Feb 06, 2015
Written by
Tom Hart
Before OKCupid, Tinder and Match.com, there was the Craigslist personal. A new study links an old-fashioned web hook-up site to an increase in US HIV infections
Geography and the Super Bowl
Jan 27, 2015
Written by
Chris Fitch
Geographers don’t need to actually understand the rules to appreciate the issues surrounding one of the world’s biggest annual sporting events
‘Unlucky’ island
Jan 27, 2015
Written by
Tom Hart
Boldt Castle is a curious monument to a tycoon’s misfortune
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