Geographical

Official magazine of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)

Geographical Contributors

Odysseus tied to the mast. Image from an ancient vase found in the Black Sea

Mapping the myth: In search of Homer’s enchanted islands

May 19, 2025
Laura Coffey went on a quest to find the real-life islands that inspired the wanderings of Homer’s epic hero, Odysseus
Concept art of chinese flag and stocks

China: Debt, demographics and a manufacturing slowdown

May 16, 2025
Antonio Graceffo explores whether the world’s second-largest economy can maintain its momentum in the face of major structural crises
Sessen Doji Offering His Life to an Ogre (Oni), circa 1764. Painted by Soga Shōhaku (1730–1781)

Review: Monsterland by Nicholas Jubber

May 13, 2025
In Monsterland, Nicholas Jubber explores mythical creatures across continents – from UK legends to Japanese folklore – revealing how monsters mirror humanity's deepest anxieties and cultural landscapes
New Oreans is one of the many cities in which Dyer has lived

The tourist trap paradox

May 2, 2025

With Airbnb invasions and Instagram mobs, author Geoff Dyer charts how paradise can quickly feel overcrowded – and explains why…

Apocalypse book cover lizzy wade

Review: Apocalypse by Lizzie Wade

Apr 30, 2025

The end is never really the end. Lizzie Wade’s Apocalypse reveals how humanity has long turned catastrophe into transformation—and survival…

Aquatint by John James Audubon and Robert Havell Jr, 1836

The flightless bird captivating scientists for hundreds of years

Apr 8, 2025
Tim Birkhead on great auks and their extraordinary story of evolution, exploitation and de-extinction across the years
Lynmouth Power Station on the Northumberland coast

Can wood-burning power stations ever be sustainable?

Mar 18, 2025
Despite emitting more carbon than coal, the government backs Lynemouth’s green credentials—granting its owner £700 million in subsidies. Christine Ro and Tom Brown investigate
Fathi, 47, fills water containers from a canal in the city of N’Kob. Due to the drought, the Moroccan government has banned the irrigation of flowerbeds and golf courses, and in many villages at the foot of the Atlas Mountains, the use of wells has been restricted to once a week, leading to long queues of those needing water.

The lost oases of Morocco

Mar 7, 2025
Once thriving centres of life, Morocco’s oases are drying up due to high temperatures, prolonged droughts and unsustainable water management
How outer space can be the solution to cheap power

How outer space can be the solution to cheap power

Mar 4, 2025
Robin Hanbury-Tenison is inspired by a radical idea to generate cheap power in space
Writer’s Reads: Jane Dismore

Writer’s Reads: Jane Dismore

Mar 3, 2025
Writer of history and heritage Jane Dismore recommends some of her favourite reads. Her latest book, No Country For A Woman, is out now
Lenin statue in central Pskov in front of the cupolas of the Trinity Cathedral

Inside Russia: a family forever changed by war

Feb 26, 2025
The story of a family ripped apart by the war in Ukraine - a harrowing & revealing insight into what Russians really feel about the conflict
Translucent Moon jellyfish (Aurelia aurita) are illuminated by artificial light in an aquarium.

Are heartless imbeciles really taking over the world?

Feb 12, 2025
Sam Wells believes we may have been too quick to jump to conclusions about the proliferation of jellyfish blooms
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