The blue dot of GPS has cut us off from a basic human skill. It’s no wonder mountain rescuers are being called out so often, asks Guardian columnist John Harris

Jerry Brotton speaks to influential National Geographic photographer Michael Yamashita

Jerry Brotton speaks to Australian author, historian and curator, Adjunct Professor Margo Neale about Aboriginal Songlines

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In 1931, Italian scholars were made to take loyalty oaths. Will that happen to us?

He’ll be radical, the PM’s allies claimed. Well, look now, as the poor are targeted and ministers boast of wearing Tory clothes better than the Tories, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

The National Archives has been awarded a £1 million grant by Lloyd’s Register Foundation for a new, collaborative research programme on the history of the transatlantic trade in enslaved people. PASSA...

[FREE TO READ] The fate of the detained Columbia University graduate is a test of how easily Trump can slide into lawlessness

In a context where some scientists in the United States may feel threatened or hindered in their research, our university is announcing the launch of the Safe Place For Science program, dedicated to w...

It controversially updated the Gulf's name for US users after President Trump ordered it to be changed.

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The cardinal directions are markers of not just where we are in the world, but who we are. North, South, East, and West are much more than simply directions on a compass. Tonight on Inquiry we talk wi...