CULTURES
From Makkah to Madinah
Mar 31, 2015
Written by
Tom Hart
A new book uses GPS and GIS to trace the Prophet Muhammad’s route from Makkah to Madinah with increased accuracy
Climate tones
Mar 22, 2015
Written by
Tom Hart
Geography can change the way you speak, and not just through the use of jargon
Ethiopia’s hidden treasures
Feb 26, 2015
Written by
Tom Hart
Ethiopia was among the world’s first Christian countries, but its many remote churches remain hidden – even from the locals
A band apart
Feb 22, 2015
Written by
Tom Hart
The Bushmen people's belief that they are amongst human's most ancient races has reportedly been proven
Afghan Ink
Feb 20, 2015
Written by
Tom Hart
An artist records day-to-day Afghan life from Kabul to Herat in ink
Britain’s deeper human history
Feb 19, 2015
Written by
Tom Hart
A vanishing UK coastline reveals a deeper human history
Expats’ Ecu-adore!
Feb 13, 2015
Written by
Tom Hayes
A 2014 study, The World Through Expat Eyes, has found Ecuador to be the country with the most content expat population
A geography of breakfast
Feb 09, 2015
Written by
Tom Hart
Doughnuts, eels, and bean curd buns feature on breakfast menus across the world. Geographical looks at global breakfasts, from the full English to beyond
No dice in Macau
Feb 08, 2015
Written by
Tom Hart
Gambling accounted for 80 per cent of the government’s revenue in 2013, but recent figures are showing that Macau’s gaming economy has started to go wrong
Study links online dating to HIV increase
Feb 06, 2015
Written by
Tom Hart
Before OKCupid, Tinder and Match.com, there was the Craigslist personal. A new study links an old-fashioned web hook-up site to an increase in US HIV infections
Geography and the Super Bowl
Jan 27, 2015
Written by
Chris Fitch
Geographers don’t need to actually understand the rules to appreciate the issues surrounding one of the world’s biggest annual sporting events
‘Unlucky’ island
Jan 27, 2015
Written by
Tom Hart
Boldt Castle is a curious monument to a tycoon’s misfortune
Unearthing the road to Easter Island’s statues
Jan 14, 2015
Written by
Tom Hart
A new survey at the island’s volcanic quarry sheds further light on ancient statues
A million families apply for a second child in China
Jan 13, 2015
Written by
Chris Fitch
As China relaxes its infamous one-child policy, one million families apply for the legal right to have a second child
Preserving New York’s Seneca heritage
Jan 12, 2015
Written by
Tom Hart
In Upstate New York a heritage centre is preserving a region’s natural, cultural and agricultural history
Sámi peoples in a changing Arctic
Jan 08, 2015
Written by
Tom Hart
As logging and climate change alter the Arctic, the indigenous Sámi peoples are open to a new world
Making contact
Dec 25, 2014
Written by
Tom Hart
It’s fairly well known that Amazonia, a huge forest region that straddles the Brazil–Peru border, is home to indigenous groups that have little or no contact with the outside world
The world’s heaviest drinkers
Dec 22, 2014
Written by
Chris Fitch
A World Health Organization report has revealed the world’s highest consumers of alcohol
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