Dead Sea Drying
The Dead Sea is disappearing. This article investigates what’s happening.
Going underground: inside the world of the mole-catchers
A look at the surprisingly bitter infighting that exists in the mole-catching community. The profession has been in existence in the UK since the 16th century.
Surviving the Fall of ISIS
As the Islamic State is pushed back, the dangers continue to increase for those left in areas under their control.
Britain’s Secret Wars
The story of Britain’s little known 20th century conflicts, including a protracted and violent engagement in Oman.
The Curse of the Bahia Emerald, a Giant Green Rock That Ruins Lives
The story of a huge gem, weighing over 300kg, that has attracted trouble ever since its discovery.
Ruffled Feathers
The story of the conservation efforts dedicated to preserving the majestic whooping crane, and the unlawful killing of two of their flock.
A Lost World of Shipwrecks Is Found
A trove of extremely well preserved vessels has been found in the Black Sea, some a thousand years old.
Hiroshima
The New Yorker devoted its August 31st 1946 issue in its entirety to this article on the nuclear bomb attack on Hiroshima a year earlier. The article would later be described, in the same magazine’s August 31st 2016 issue, as “a landmark in journalism, in publishing, and in humanity’s awareness of itself and its own awful potential.”
The Wreck
The dramatic tale of the sinking of a passenger steamer in the Atlantic, 150 miles from Boston, the personal consequences for those involved, and efforts by treasure hunters to find the wreck.
Europe’s Famed Bog Bodies Are Starting to Reveal Their Secrets
This is the story of Tollund Man, found in a peat bog in Denmark in 1950. He was in remarkable condition given that he had died 2,300 years previously – his face wearing a cryptic half-smile, much of the rest of his body intact, and a noose tied tight around his neck.