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SPACES OF AID: How cars, compounds and hotels shape humanitarianism by Lisa Smirl
Jul 01, 2015
Written by
Mick Herron
Even when ‘in the field’, aid workers are remote from the hardships they are dedicated to alleviating: ‘they visit project sites in air-conditioned Land Cruisers… and rarely move beyond a small number of hotels, restaurants, offices and compounds’
SAN ANDREAS directed by Brad Peyton
Jun 08, 2015
Written by
Chris Fitch
It’s cheesy, unrealistic, and predictable. But the plot’s underlying geography means Hollywood’s latest disaster blockbuster offers more than just fast-paced, adrenaline-fuelled excitement
BETWEEN THE SUNSET AND THE SEA: A view of 16 British Mountains by Simon Ingram
Jun 01, 2015
Written by
Jon Wright
Simon Ingram is madly in love with mountains. They can be ‘hostile, barren, [and] bereft of comfort’ but spending time in places where ‘life is dangerously simple ‘ has its perks
‘THE VOYAGE OF THE F.H. MOORE’ AND OTHER 19TH CENTURY WHALING ACCOUNTS by Greg Bailey
Jun 01, 2015
Written by
Mick Herron
Though now the subject of heated moral debate, in the 19th century, whaling was a necessity. It’s important, in a book devoted to the topic, to get that point across first
SIKKIM: Requiem for a Himalayan Kingdom by Andrew Duff
Jun 01, 2015
Written by
Jules Stewart
The story of the tiny Himalayan kingdom of Sikkim is a textbook case of how small countries stand no chance against big powers
THE DESERT: Lands of Lost Borders by Michael Welland
Jun 01, 2015
Written by
Mick Herron
Paul Bowles dubbed it ‘the baptism of solitude’ – the sensation that the desert provokes; a source of well-being for the soul
SYRIA: A Modern History by John McHugo
Jun 01, 2015
Written by
Eamonn Gearon
If Heraclitus was right when he said, ‘Geography is fate,’ Syria might be said to have the misfortune to be sitting in a place that guarantees periodic instability
THE PALESTINIANS: Photographs of a Land and its People from 1839 to the Present Day by Elias Sanbar
Jun 01, 2015
Written by
Jon Wright
Europeans took many photographs of Palestine during the 19th century but, according to Elias Sanbar, real life was almost always missing. Pictures of buildings and archaeological sites stoked arguments about Biblical accuracy
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