Geographical

Official magazine of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)

UK

Migrants arrive at Dungeness after being picked up at sea by RNLI back in 2022.

Why falling Channel crossings are fuelling bigger protests

ByDoug SpechtSep 18, 2026
Small boat arrivals to the UK are down 43 per cent and at their lowest since 2020. Yet hundreds have blockaded two ports in protest against arrivals
Glastonbury Tor from drone summer day

Discovering Britain: Glastonbury Tor

ByRory WalshSep 10, 2026
Rory Walsh explores the Early Jurassic geology, the 'fata morgana' mist illusion and the legends beneath Glastonbury Tor
A cleaner in a corridor

Who runs Britain? Inside the outsourcing of the British state

ByMark RoweSep 9, 2026
Across the UK, public services are increasingly delivered by private companies working behind the scenes. Critics say outsourcing has not only produced failures and scandals, but changed the relationship between citizen and state
Industrial waste flowing into a waterway

The whistleblower who says England’s pollution watchdog buried the evidence

ByGeographical StaffSep 3, 2026
A former Environment Agency insider claims England's pollution watchdog has spent years obstructing investigations and burying evidence
Electric car factory in China

Why Chinese cars such as the Jaecoo 7 are booming in the UK

ByAndrew BrooksAug 13, 2026
The Jaecoo 7’s UK success reveals a striking reversal: Chinese car brands are no longer catching up with Europe – they’re selling aspiration back to it
England’s largest private landscape restoration project announced

England’s largest private landscape restoration project announced

ByBryony CottamJul 21, 2026
RESTORE has purchased the heavily degraded Emblehope Estate from the Royal Kennel Club to launch its landmark landscape restoration project
Heatwave in UK

Is it too hot for the UK?

ByVictoria HeathJul 8, 2026

From freezers failing in supermarkets to railway tracks buckling under the heat, Britain’s infrastructure is struggling to cope with back-to-back…

Digital thermometer in London

UK ministers urged to set out extreme heat plan & maximum workplace temperatures amid heatwave

ByVictoria HeathJun 23, 2026
As temperatures soar above 35C in latest UK heatwave, Greenpeace are calling for the Government to make sizeable changes to extreme heat plans
UK houses in a row

Millions of UK homes under threat of sinking due to climate change, study finds

ByVictoria HeathJun 11, 2026

London, Essex and Kent are hotspots more vulnerable to hotter, drier weather, which makes the ground shrink and drags house…

Green energy fossil fuel concept

The new fault line in British politics

ByDoug SpechtMay 20, 2026
England's green transition is becoming a postcode lottery between Green urban centres and Reform-controlled councils
Home Office immigration enforcement

UK backs new declaration that could weaken migrant protections

ByVictoria HeathMay 15, 2026
New declaration signed on Friday could facilitate some migrant deportations, including to 'return hubs' in other countries
Voltage cables

The battle over Britain’s new energy grid

ByMark RoweMay 13, 2026
As the UK transitions away from fossil fuels to renewable energy, the underlying infrastructure used to generate and transport electricity is changing dramatically
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