By Morag Rose, University of Sheffield This month sees the twentieth anniversary of ‘The Battle of Newbury’ when protesters … More
Tag: Britain
The Geographical Imagination and Britain’s Entanglements ‘East of Suez’
By Benjamin Sacks, Princeton University The phrase ‘East of Suez’ looms large in our geographical imagination. Long after the end … More
Airshow Geographies
By Benjamin Sacks, Princeton University Every two years the world’s most important defence and civilian aerospace manufacturers decend onto a … More
Cartography in Times of War & Peace
By Benjamin Sacks On 2-6 December 2014 an international group of leading scholars of historical geography – including a large … More
Badgers and bovine tuberculosis: how geographical research can help
By Joseph Bailey, University of Nottingham, UK. If I mention bovine tuberculosis (bTB), I imagine that a badger, not a … More
Searching for Justice in Palestine’s Geography
By Benjamin Sacks The State of Israel and Gaza militants are currently engaged in yet another violent struggle. As I … More
A British Arctic Policy for the Twenty-first Century
by Benjamin Sacks Britain retains significant interests in the Arctic Ocean, according to a recently published commentary in The Geographical Journal. … More
Regulating the internet: geographies of cyberspace
By Helen Pallett From the threat of ‘cyber-bullying’ to misogynist abuse, to fears about the invasion of privacy and the … More
Antarctica: Frozen Diplomacy
By Benjamin Sacks On 18 December 2012, William Hague, the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, announced that … More
‘Othering’ Tropical Environments
By Benjamin Sacks War changes everything. Societies and cultures, land and the environment, beliefs and approaches. Conflict establishes dangerous versions … More
