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a paintbrush painting an airplane green, artist concept art

Review: Flying Green by Christopher de Bellaigue

ByChris FitchJun 3, 2023

Can flying be green? Christopher de Bellaigue looks at the challenges aviation faces in a world trying to decarbonise Producing…

Geographical June 2023

Geographical June 2023

ByGeographical StaffJun 2, 2023

June 2023 The June issue of Geographical is a special oceans edition, in which we take a good look at…

Winners of the 2022 Young Geographer of the Year competition

Young Geographer of the Year 2023

ByGeographical StaffJun 1, 2023

This year’s Young Geographer of the Year competition is now open for entries The national competition encourages pupils to engage…

A boy looks on with his horse as the Phelophepa healthcare train arrives in Thaba Nchu in South Africa’s Free State province

The Phelophepa: South Africa’s train of hope

ByTommy TrenchardMay 31, 2023

This unique hospital train provides much-needed affordable medical care in South Africa’s remote areas The railway station in the town…

Review: The Explorer and the Journalist by Richard Evans

Review: The Explorer and the Journalist by Richard Evans

ByJules StewartMay 28, 2023

Richard Evans tells the intriguing tale of the assignment and struggle that changed journalist Philip Gibbs’ life One morning in…

Review: The Half Known Life by Pico Iyer

Review: The Half Known Life by Pico Iyer

Pico Iyer takes the reader on a philosophical journey around the world and asks the question ‘what kind of paradise…

Record low water levels showing on the rocks of Lake Mead, Nevada

Writer’s reads: Tim Smedley

ByGeographical StaffMay 26, 2023

Environmental author Tim Smedley selects from his library some of his favourite and formative reads. Tims’s new book, The Last…

Review: The Last Drop by Tim Smedley

Review: The Last Drop by Tim Smedley

ByMark RoweMay 26, 2023

Tim Smedley’s The Last Drop is a smouldering indictment of the self-inflicted wounds we’re causing ourselves and Earth by careless…

A man standing in the world’s largest limestone cave in Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park

A Crack in the Mountain: Can tourism and conservation co-exist?

ByGeographical StaffMay 25, 2023

New film A Crack in the Mountain questions the extent to which tourism and conservation can co-exist British filmmaker Alastair…

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June 2023 Geographical crossword

ByGeographical StaffMay 24, 2023

Can you complete Geographical’s June 2023 crossword puzzle? Welcome to Geographical’s June ’23 crossword puzzle. To complete the crossword, simply…

Extrapolations, with Eiza González and Edward Norton, looks to the future

Climatewatch: Dystopian fact not dystopian fiction

ByMarco MagriniMay 24, 2023

Marco Magrini wonders why we have an insatiable appetite for dystopian fiction, but seem willing to ignore the reality of…

Hacan, left, spends ten hours a day at sea pumping up sand from the sea floor to extract tin ore

Devastating tin mining goes offshore in Bangka Island

A small Indonesian island is one of the biggest producers of tin. Over the decades, its extraction has caused devasting…

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