Book review – geography
How a faulty map led to the discovery of America
Travis Elborough 8 September 2018 9:00 am
Reflecting on the genesis of Treasure Island, the adventure yarn that grew from a map of an exotic isle he…
Lands of legend: from the Auroras to Atlantis
Stuart Kelly 12 November 2016 9:00 am
The Un-Discovered Islands could not be more different in substance — though it is similar in style — to Malachy…
Kathmandu — or don’t
Mark Cocker 7 May 2016 9:00 am
Although Nepal’s earthquake last April visited our television screens with images of seismic devastation, the disaster has probably had little…
What can we do with Dartmoor?
Philip Marsden 13 June 2015 9:00 am
In his poem ‘Eden Rock’, Charles Causley conjures up a dreamy memory of a childhood picnic ‘somewhere beyond Eden Rock’.…
An alternative map of Britain: caves, canals, megaliths and ley lines
Mike Parker 6 December 2014 9:00 am
Picture the map of Britain. Its strangely cadaverous shape, blobs of population and routes between them seem as familiar as…
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