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A million families apply for a second child in China
Jan 13, 2015
Written by
Chris Fitch
As China relaxes its infamous one-child policy, one million families apply for the legal right to have a second child
Preserving New York’s Seneca heritage
Jan 12, 2015
Written by
Tom Hart
In Upstate New York a heritage centre is preserving a region’s natural, cultural and agricultural history
Sámi peoples in a changing Arctic
Jan 08, 2015
Written by
Tom Hart
As logging and climate change alter the Arctic, the indigenous Sámi peoples are open to a new world
Volunteers from the Global South
Jan 07, 2015
Written by
Tom Hart
Volunteers from the ‘Global South’ are an important, but poorly understood group in development work
Roach rescuers
Jan 02, 2015
Written by
Tom Hart
Being crushed under your own home during an earthquake, and then having a cockroach – drawn by your moans – crawl all over you is not at first thought particularly reassuring
Geoff Dyer
Dec 31, 2014
Geoff Dyer is an author whose latest book, Another Fine Day at Sea, took him aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H. W. Bush as writer-in-residence. His previous work includes a frame-by-frame dissection of Stalker, a Russian movie associated with…
To the South Pole and back
Dec 30, 2014
Written by
Ben Saunders
Eight years after he wrote about his experience of walking solo to the North Geographic Pole, Ben Saunders returns to the pages of Geographical to describe his Antarctic sequel
The village of the freed
Dec 28, 2014
Written by
Luke Duggleby
In Pakistan, bonded slavery is as prevalent now as it has ever been. Luke Duggleby reports on the efforts being made to combat this horrific violation of human rights
Making contact
Dec 25, 2014
Written by
Tom Hart
It’s fairly well known that Amazonia, a huge forest region that straddles the Brazil–Peru border, is home to indigenous groups that have little or no contact with the outside world
The world’s heaviest drinkers
Dec 22, 2014
Written by
Chris Fitch
A World Health Organization report has revealed the world’s highest consumers of alcohol
Did the famous Shackleton ad ever run?
Dec 16, 2014
Written by
Olivia Edward
A reward of $100 is being offered for an orginal copy of the famous advertisement Shackleton is said to have placed recruiting men for his Antarctic expedition
Weaknesses in Cuba’s health care system
Dec 16, 2014
Written by
Tom Hart
Cuba has been generous during the recent Ebola outbreak, but the country’s health care system faces major challenges
Report exposes bogus orphanages in Nepal
Dec 12, 2014
Written by
Graeme Gourlay
As many as two thirds of the 15,000 children kept in ‘orphanages’ in Nepal are not, in fact, orphans, with the criminals who run the establishments duping naive Western volunteers into providing funding
ON THIS DAY: 1914, Shackleton leaves South Georgia
Dec 05, 2014
Written by
Chris Fitch
On 5 December 1914, Ernest Shackleton and his crew, aiming to be the first people to cross Antarctica via the South Pole, left South Georgia. It was the last time they would set foot on land for nearly 500 days
The Pole of cold
Dec 01, 2014
Written by
Felicity Aston
Recipient of the 2013 Land Rover and Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) Bursary, Felicity Aston found driving to the coldest place on Earth a test of willpower, a reliance on sturdy equipment and the gathering of local, if unusual, knowledge
Tales from the crypt
Nov 30, 2014
Written by
Tom Hart
Bejewelled skeletons tell how Europe’s attitudes to death changed from familiar to fearful. Geographical speaks to author Paul Koudounaris about decorating the past
Genetics vindicates Thor Heyerdahl
Nov 30, 2014
Written by
Tom Hart
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Norwegian ethnographer and adventurer Thor Heyerdahl, best known for the Kon-Tiki expedition in 1947
Sahel squeeze
Nov 29, 2014
Written by
Tom Hart
Food, animal feed and fuel are all in high demand in Africa’s troubled Sahel region, but supply is not rising to meet demand
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