CULTURES
The Ganges – river of life, religion and waste
Jan 07, 2022
Written by
Stuart Butler
The Ganges is one of the most polluted rivers on Earth, but such is its religious importance that there are those willing to make enormous sacrifices to see that it’s cleaned up
Inside Thailand's first caviar farm
Jan 04, 2022
Written by
Words by Ron Gluckman, Images by Luke Duggleby
A new caviar-production venture could transform Thailand into a major source of the highly prized foodstuff
The fading days of Morocco's Grand Taxis
Dec 17, 2021
Written by
Words: John Silcox Images: Sam Christmas
In Morocco, people don’t Uber. Instead, they pile into so-called grand taxis – battered but colourful old diesel Mercedes cars. These ancient vehicles, which the government is trying to force off the streets, tell a wider story about the suffocating…
Spotlight on... Montreuil-sur-Mer: a feast for all the senses
Dec 08, 2021
Written by
Vitali Vitaliev
Vitali Vitaliev takes a tour of the small town of Montreuil-sur-Mer in northern France
The rise of halal tourism
Dec 08, 2021
Written by
Katie Burton
With the market for Muslim travellers growing at pace, holiday-makers and travellers are broadening their horizons
Spotlight on...Trentino: Saving the wood and the trees
Dec 01, 2021
Written by
Chris Fitch
Three years ago, a violent storm devastated northern Italy’s iconic forests. Chris Fitch investigates what makes these trees so special and how people from around the world are helping to bring them back to life
Jamie Hawkesworth explores the British Isles with his camera
Sep 15, 2021
Written by
Images by Jamie Hawkesworth, words by Jacob Dykes
'The British Isles' by Jamie Hawkesworth is a celebration of free adventure in modern Britain
Spotlight on...the Iranian neighbourhoods of Vancouver
Sep 02, 2021
Written by
Hadani Ditmars
Hadani Ditmars explores the Iranian neighbourhoods of Vancouver, where the mountainous backdrop is so reminiscent of that found in Tehran
The edible insect sector is poised for rapid growth, here's why
Jul 15, 2021
Written by
Jacob Dykes
High in protein, antioxidants and requiring little space. What’s not to like?
The false promise of snake wine in Southeast Asia
Jul 07, 2021
Written by
Dawn Starin
Snake wine is sold openly all over Southeast Asia but, as Dawn Starin discovers, these tourist-lures do little to reflect the real culture
The fossil hunters of the Jurassic Coast
Apr 23, 2021
Written by
Tommy Trenchard
The dramatic scenery of the Jurassic Coast and the fossils hidden within its rocks make it one-of-a-kind for citizen scientists and collectors alike
Salepi: the endangered orchid-based drink thought to heal ailments and stoke passion
Jan 28, 2021
Written by
Dawn Starin
Dawn Starin learns more about the orchids being sipped, slurped and swallowed into extinction
The frozen lake: Life on the outskirts of Lake Baikal, Siberia
Dec 21, 2020
Written by
Words by Jens Mühling Photographs by Justin Jin
Life on the outskirts of Lake Baikal in southern Siberia, the world’s deepest lake, is evolving, but change comes slowly to Russia’s frozen outpost, nearer to Beijing than Moscow
For the Christmas tree pickers of Georgia, a two-week period is make or break
Dec 09, 2020
Written by
Words by Clément Girardot, photographs by Julien Pebrel
Every autumn in the Caucasus Mountains, men climb to the top of Nordmann firs to harvest pine cones whose seeds will feed the lucrative European Christmas tree market. But this activity generates very limited economic benefits for Georgia’s Racha province,…
The delays, postponements and cancellations of Covid-19
Sep 18, 2020
Written by
Geographical
Life has slowed down as the pandemic has spread...
Myanmar's forgotten Naga
Sep 16, 2020
Written by
Antonia Bolingbroke-Kent
Former headhunters engaged in a decades-long struggle for independence, the Naga tribes live in remote mountains on the Indo-Myanmar border. Antonia Bolingbroke-Kent travels to Myanmar’s Naga Self-Administered Zone as part of a two-month expedition across the Naga Hills
Race continues to influence cardiovascular health in America
Sep 07, 2020
Written by
Jacob Dykes
Across nearly every metric of cardiovascular health, US African Americans fare worse than non-Hispanic whites
Storing water: Ladakh's ice engineers
Sep 02, 2020
Written by
Words by Nishant Tiku and Nick Dudley Ward
Hulking ice stupas dot the arid landscapes of northern India's Ladakh region. Villagers of the region have turned to natural engineering solutions to preserve water – an increasingly scarce resource due to accelerating glacier shrinkages
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