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2 months ago |
geographical.co.uk | Katie Burton
Some countries are born geographically lucky; Singapore is one of them. Occupying one main island and 63 islets, it rests on the very southern tip of the Malay peninsula, offering a haven to passing sailors with an interest in getting from East to West, or back the other way.
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Nov 21, 2024 |
geographical.co.uk | Katie Burton
The world’s fourth-largest democracy has had a turbulent decade. In 2016, thirteen years of left-leaning rule under the Workers’ Party came to a bruising end. Then-president Dilma Rousseff was impeached for breaking budget laws, while former- president Lula, once described by Barrack Obama as the ‘world’s most popular president’, was later imprisoned for corruption. Then, in 2018, came the election of Jair Bolsonaro, a right-wing provocateur. Since then, the political pendulum has swung once more.
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Sep 23, 2024 |
geographical.co.uk | Katie Burton
By But what motivates this small Gulf state in its actions on the world stage? And what makes it so important a partner to superpowers? After all, Qatar is tiny. At 11,637 square kilometres, it’s 1/20th the size of the UK. There are only around 300,000 Qatari citizens, about the same population as the city of Nottingham. The total population is 2.7 million, but the majority are foreign workers. Even including them, the country contains less than a third of the people living in London.
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Jul 8, 2024 |
geographical.co.uk | Katie Burton
By Katie BurtonThe egg (an organic vessel grown by an individual to carry offspring to term) is an extraordinary thing, and has been so for millions of years. In Infinite Life, wildlife expert Jules Howard charts the egg’s story, or rather, all the different permutations of egg that have existed, moving from the very beginnings of life on Earth to the present day.
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Jun 21, 2024 |
geographical.co.uk | Katie Burton
Twenty years ago, having inherited the grand Knepp Estate, landowner Charlie Burrell and his partner Isabella Tree embarked on a remarkable experiment. Instead of continuing down the path set out for them by farming the estate, as it had been for the previous 200 years, they decided instead to step back and let nature take its course. It wasn’t an easy decision.
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