Geographical

Archived since May 1935

Complete Archive

1,076 issues

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Keep an eye on the world with Geographical

The complete digital archive of Geographical, dating back to May 1935, is now available to all subscribing schools and institutions.

Established in 1935, Geographical is the official magazine of the Royal Geographical Society and one of the leading magazines in its field, with stunning photography, great writing and first class design.

- Keep up to date with the world, its people and its places through our news pages and topical features on nature and conservation

- Explore far-flung cities, towns and villages. Meet their inhabitants and immerse yourself in their culture

- Discover weird and wonderful wildlife. Learn more about the world around you through insightful features and accomplished photography

In a time of unprecedented environmental and social change, never has knowledge of the world been more important. For an authoritative voice on geography, culture, wildlife and exploration institutions should look no further than Geographical, with the fully-searchable complete 82-year archive giving close to 1000 issues of informative content.

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This month’s Geographical is, in many ways, about systems under strain, about fault lines, often hidden at first glance, that reveal deeper structural problems and difficult to resolve conflicts.

In Ethiopia, Stuart Butler takes us into a nation whose story stretches from the myths of the Queen of Sheba to the bitter realities of civil conflict, displacement and a fragile federal state (Page 25). It is a reminder that history and identity can be sources of pride – but also of fracture when power, ethnicity and grievance collide.

In the UK, Mark Rowe examines another kind of fault line (Page 34). Our transition to renewable energy depends on a dramatic expansion of grid infrastructure – new pylons, cables, converter stations and substations.

How do we decarbonise at speed without riding roughshod over landscapes, wildlife and the communities asked to host this new national architecture?

And James Rose examines a fundamental problem for Russia (Page 21): demographic decline. Falling fertility, high premature mortality and an ageing society may place harder long-term limits on Russian power than many conventional measures of strength suggest.

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