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Along the New Silk Road – bridging Eurasia: a look inside Małaszewicze
Jul 19, 2018
Written by
Charles Stevens
As part of our monthly series of reports looking at the impact China’s Belt and Road Initiative is having on the local infrastructure projects situated along its route, explorer and China scholar Charles Stevens visits a small Polish village feeling…
Dossier: The human game – tackling football’s ‘slave trade’
Jul 16, 2018
Written by
Mark Rowe
Few would argue with football’s position as the world’s number one sport. But as Mark Rowe discovers, this global popularity is masking a sinister underbelly with human traffickers using the bright lights of Europe’s elite clubs as a lure for…
Trapped beneath the Earth
Jul 12, 2018
Written by
Geographical
For British cave divers, Chris Jewell and Jim Warny, who had been being rushed out to Thailand to help in this week’s epic rescue operation, the events bore an uncanny echo to a life-and-death struggle they had just recently experienced…
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[FROM THE ARCHIVE] A game of two hemispheres
Jul 06, 2018
Written by
Gavin McGowan
Love it or hate it, there’s no denying that football has had a major impact on our world. We investigate how a lowly sport gained the power to start wars, make millionaires, and prompt a nation to paint its lampposts…
Bottled gold – the unexpected side effects of recycling in Germany
Jun 29, 2018
Written by
Melanie Barrin
A German recycling scheme is proving to be a source of relief for those on low-incomes, but is it also having an impact on recycling levels as a whole?
Feeding the Galápagos
Jun 26, 2018
Written by
Chris Fitch
The Galápagos are often thought of as a unique natural paradise, but they are also home to 30,000 people. In such a remote part of the world, feeding them is increasingly challenging
China’s plastic import ban in numbers
Jun 20, 2018
Written by
Laura Cole
China’s ban on plastic imports will displace more than 110 million tonnes of plastic waste over the next 12 years
ARCHIVE: Global tactics – football takes over the world
Jun 15, 2018
Written by
Melanie Train
If you think you can escape the ballyhoo of the World Cup, think again. Football is taking over the world
CONIFA: the alternative World Cup
Jun 14, 2018
Written by
Chris Fitch
As the world’s top footballers battle it out in Russia, a gathering of unrecognised nations had their own moment in the sporting spotlight
Mincing words: the fight to define meat
Jun 13, 2018
Written by
Laura Cole
The US meat industry is attempting to officially define ‘meat’ as a slew of new, clean meats move closer to the dinner table
The other side of Ukraine
Jun 11, 2018
Written by
Michael Pugh
After Michael Pugh quit his job as a law firm partner in Moscow, the only way he wanted to return home was by horse, travelling through Russia, Belarus, Ukraine and Romania
CONIFA: the World Cup for unrecognised nations
Jun 06, 2018
Written by
Chris Fitch
As the world prepares for the next FIFA tournament in Russia, the top football teams from the world’s unrecognised nations square off in London
Rocky roads: reducing road deaths
Jun 05, 2018
Written by
Chris Fitch
Road collisions remain a leading cause of deaths and injuries around the world, casting doubt upon UN aspirations to halve the total number
Lynne Corner: director of VOICE
Jun 04, 2018
Written by
Geographical
Lynne Corner is director of VOICE – Valuing Our Intellectual Capital and Experience – based at the UK National Innovation Centre for Ageing. VOICE works with citizens to co-develop approaches, products and services that meet the challenges of global population ageing
Mozambique: islands in the sky
May 15, 2018
Written by
Sam Jones
The biological wonders of Mozambique’s mountains have only recently been unveiled after years of neglect. Secrets still exist, however, as Sam Jones discovered when launching a biological assault on the Njesi Plateau
Lloyd Figgins is founder of LFL Global Risk Mitigation consultancy, and a regular commentator to international media on issues of safety and security. His new book, The Travel Survival Guide, is out now
Clean, green machines – the technology cleaning our future
Apr 27, 2018
Written by
Katie Burton
From plastic-eating enzymes and oil-sucking polymers to ‘deep learning’ robots – innovative companies and research institutions are designing the future of the waste industry
Fathers and sons: climbing Aconcagua
Apr 16, 2018
Written by
James Egremont-Lee
Children on the summit of Aconcagua are a rare sight. James Egemont-Lee recounts how he and friend Ben Freeth travelled with their sons to the highest summit outside of the Himalayas
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