Geographical

Official magazine of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)

June 23

a paintbrush painting an airplane green, artist concept art

Review: Flying Green by Christopher de Bellaigue

ByChris FitchJun 3, 2023
Can flying been green? Christopher de Bellaigue gets the reader up to speed with the challenges aviation faces in a world trying to go green in this snappy book
Geographical June 2023

Geographical June 2023

ByGeographical StaffJun 2, 2023
Geographical's June 2023 edition is a special ocean edition, with reports from Indonesia, the Orkney Islands and South Africa.
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 most remote areas
A view of planet earth from space

The future of geography and rise of astropolitics

ByTim MarshallMay 30, 2023
Tim Marshall on his new book, The Future of Geography and why space and politics are connected
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 Philip Gibbs' life
Review: The Half Known Life by Pico Iyer

Review: The Half Known Life by Pico Iyer

ByGeographical ContributorMay 27, 2023
Pico Iyer takes the reader on a philosophical journey around the world and asks the question 'what kind of paradise can ever be found in a world of unceasing conflict?
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 Drop: Solving the World’s Water Crisis, is out 15 June
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
June 2023 Geographical crossword

June 2023 Geographical crossword

ByGeographical StaffMay 24, 2023
The first correctly completed crossword selected at random wins a hardback copy of the comprehensive Philip’s Essential World Atlas worth £25
Extrapolations, with Eiza González and Edward Norton, looks to the future

Climatewatch: Dystopian fact not dystopian fiction

ByMarco MagriniMay 24, 2023
Marco Magrini ponders why we have an insatiable appetite for dystopian fiction but seem willing to ignore the reality of climate change. Will the lessons from Apple TV's Extrapolations be heeded?
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