Win a copy of the new co-operative urbanisation simulation to play with your friends and family this winter

by Jean Lopez, Vincent Bernard, Nicolas Aubin and Nicholas Guillerat • Thames & Hudson • £29.95 (hardback)

by John Haywood • Thames & Hudson • £19.95 (hardback)

by Ed Stafford • White Lion Publishing • £30 (hardback/eBook)

Prestigious photography competition returns for a second year

The Rub’ al-Khali, or Empty Quarter, is the world’s largest sand sea and one of the most inhospitable regions on the planet. Inspired by Wilfred Thesiger’s classic travelogue Arabian Sands, photographer George Steinmetz has travelled to the Arabian Peninsula three times during the past decade, using a motorised paraglider to capture the beauty of the shifting sands below

With fellow student Tom Micklethwait, Charles is travelling the route of the New Silk Road to explore the impact the initiative is having across the region

Geographical sat down with new RGS-IBG Director Joe Smith to discuss his appointment

James Aldred in Conversation with Helen Macdonald

Exploring ancient Japan in a serene game of tactical beauty