PEOPLE
Pollution in Delhi
Nov 06, 2015
Written by
Laura Cole
Could the geography of Delhi be exacerbating its life-threatening air pollution?
Sarawak by kayak
Nov 02, 2015
Written by
Jonny Hawkins
Torrential rain and unnavigable waters may have proved troublesome obstacles for Jonny Hawkins’ rolling kayaking expedition through the jungles of Borneo, but on the positive side, they led to an unforgettable encounter
ON THIS DAY: 1915, Shackleton abandons Endurance
Oct 27, 2015
Written by
Chris Fitch
After nine months trapped in the Antarctic ice, including four months of winter darkness, Ernest Shackleton ordered the crew of the Endurance to abandon ship
Frank Barrett
Oct 19, 2015
Frank Barrett is an author and Travel Editor for The Mail on Sunday. His latest book, Treasured Island, is an odyssey around Britain in search of the landmarks that inspired Britain’s literary classics
Defining poverty
Oct 17, 2015
Written by
Mark Rowe
The benchmark for extreme poverty was established as a daily wage of $1 per day in 2000, as an average poverty line across developing countries and had been viewed as a suspiciously neat figure
Healing the world
Oct 15, 2015
Written by
Chris Fitch
Médecins Sans Frontières provides emergency responses to humanitarian crises around the world. But a lack of attention to these incidents means that much of the world’s long-term healthcare rests on their shoulders
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
24 hours to climb
Oct 05, 2015
Written by
Pete Whittaker
Climbing a single peak can be daunting enough, but to tackle 130 in just twenty-four hours takes an immense level of skill and planning
Going for goals
Sep 25, 2015
Written by
Chris Fitch
This weekend, world leaders will convene in New York. Top of the agenda is the need to officially adopt replacements for the eight Millennium Development Goals
Mine-free Mozambique
Sep 17, 2015
Written by
Chris Fitch
Once one of the worst landmine-afflicted countries in the world, Mozambique can now celebrate being officially ‘mine-free’
Phyllis Omido
Sep 14, 2015
Dubbed the ‘East African Erin Brockovich’, Phyllis Omido wasn’t an activist when she went to work at a Kenyan lead smelter. But when her breast milk made her baby sick, she began gathering evidence on the smelter’s damaging health effects
Once were warriors
Sep 05, 2015
Written by
Laura Cole
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is piloting a programme to help rehabilitate former child soldiers of Congolese armed forces
Running the Namib
Aug 31, 2015
Written by
Andrew Murray
The Namib desert, considered by many to be one of the most beautiful and savage places on the planet, is perhaps the ultimate test of endurance for a long-distance runner, such as on the Namib 550 Desert Challenge
Boomtown rats
Aug 29, 2015
Written by
Chris Fitch
Giant African rats will soon be undertaking an important and dangerous job in Cambodia; locating the millions of unexploded landmines left over after over 30 years of conflict
Asylum in Austria
Aug 27, 2015
Written by
Hazel Southam
Most associate Austria with chocolate cake, opera and The Sound of Music. But right now, Austria has the highest per capita rate of asylum seekers in Europe
Beth Healey
Aug 17, 2015
Beth Healey is a research MD at the Concordia station in the Antarctic. Her job is to research the possible physical and psychological effects of living in the station and how they might be similar to long-term spaceflight
The goat economy
Aug 15, 2015
Written by
Tom Hart
Since Saudi Arabia lifted an export ban on Somaliland’s livestock in 2009, the breakaway state has seen a boom in the trade of livestock, particularly goats
The Tianjin fallout
Aug 14, 2015
Written by
Laura Cole
Geographical looks at the forthcoming impacts the devastation could have on the rest of the country, after an enormous explosion destroyed a large portion of the port of Tianjin
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