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A line of climbers on the Lhotse Face (7,500 metres) crossing the Yellow Band, on the southeast route up Mount Everest in Nepal

Everest faces the challenge of rising temperatures and more climbers

The last serving member of 1953 Everest expedition and his glaciologist grandson discuss their fears for the beloved 'Mother Goddess'
The view of Robin Hood’s Bay from Ravenscar

Discovering Britain: Ravenscar, the holiday resort that never got built

ByRory WalshOct 3, 2023
Rory Walsh visits the Yorkshire coast to search for ‘the town that never was’
Dikson, a port town on the North Sea route, sits silently beneath the fading light of the aurora borealis during the Arctic winter. The town was once legendary among the polyarniks – carefully selected polar scientists – who were lured there by the romanticism of Arctic exploration

New book reveals the parts of remote Siberia stuck in time

ByGeographical StaffSep 29, 2023
Photographer Evgenia Arbugaeva, new book Hyperborea: Stories from the Arctic takes readers on a remarkable journey into remote Siberia
Taking fingerprints for biometric ID cards for access to aid in Somalia

Fears mount over NGOs gathering biometric data

ByBryony CottamSep 26, 2023
A reliance on biometric data in the humanitarian sector is on the rise, despite growing evidence of the risks
Making pierogi

Zuza Zak: Using cooking to tell stories about places and cultures

ByBryony CottamSep 25, 2023
Food writer Zuza Zak, who travels widely to research her books, talks to Bryony Cottam
Time to rethink our view of tropical islands

Time to rethink our view of tropical islands

ByBryony CottamSep 11, 2023
Professor of island studies Jonathan Pugh talks the west's changing perception on remote tropical islands and shares his top travel tips
The radar mast dominates the Lincolnshire flatlands

Lincolnshire’s silent sentry near RAF Stenigot

ByRory WalshSep 11, 2023
Rory Walsh visits a Lincolnshire landmark that shaped the sky and once provided radar for RAF Stenigot
China screen time

China proposes stricter national screen time limits on under 18s

ByStuart ButlerAug 30, 2023
China plan to impose further internet restrictions on under 18's with under 8's only allowed 8 minutes online per day
The Adrikra symbol for knowledge, used by the Ashanti people of West Africa

Nii Ayikwei Parkes: Following heritage threads from Africa to the Caribbean

Novelist, poet and storyteller Nii Ayikwei Parkes travels to the Caribbean to research his past – a complex heritage that has been fractured and scattered by the impact of the slave trade
Terracotta Warriers China

Archaeologists afraid to open the tomb of the first Emperor Qin Shi Huang in China

ByStuart ButlerAug 21, 2023
The tomb of first Emperor Qin Shi Huang is suspected to be filled with booby traps
David Pollock Painting

Artist David Pollock’s travel insights

ByBryony CottamAug 15, 2023
Artist and traveller David Pollock talks about taking a slow approach to travelling
Sunset at Bedruthan Steps, Carnewas

Discovering Britain: Fistral Beach

ByRory WalshAug 8, 2023
Rory Walsh feels the power of the sea at two spots on the north Cornish coast
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