Toward a Global Middle Ages, edited by Bryan C. Keene
Book of the week: Rachel Moss is intrigued by a bold attempt to demonstrate that the medieval world is much larger than we tend to think
Book of the week: Rachel Moss is intrigued by a bold attempt to demonstrate that the medieval world is much larger than we tend to think
The professor of urban form and society on the books that have inspired and influenced her work on social cartography
Book of the week: Jerry Brotton is enthralled by a book that seeks to overturn just about everything we think we know about maps
Centre for the GeoHumanities at Royal Holloway will use interdisciplinary tools to explore everything from Elizabethan England to climate change and migration
Book of the week: A secret cartography project is a route to the past – and your house, finds Jerry Brotton
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a war-time story of political deception and personal loyalty: "Bernie had lain at the foot of the...
Cartographic depictions of Earth must be viewed in their cultural context, finds Imre Josef Demhardt
Robert Mayhew is delighted to follow a determinedly non-Eurocentric cartographic collection through the ages
Display hoardA student dressed from head to toe in medical equipment is one of the highlights of the University of Brighton’s Graduate Show. Karol Michalec’s artwork (top, left) – which he says...
Display hoardA student dressed from head to toe in medical equipment is one of the highlights of the University of Brighton’s Graduate Show. Karol Michalec’s artwork (top, left) – which he says...
The Cardinal's Hat
Trading Territories
Loophole allows human-animal cell experiments A loophole in Britain’s embryo research laws is allowing scientists to create human-animal hybrid cells without the need for a licence. The restrictive...
Student leaps from train to hitch lift to exam A desperate student leapt from a stranded train yesterday and begged a stranger to drive him the remaining 25 miles to a crucial finals exam. The 32-...
Mappings