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G-Land: Surfs and spirits
Off the coast of Java, Indonesia, lies G-Land, one of the world’s most legendary surf breaks, framed by a dense forest that was once home to the now-extinct Javan tiger. Alas Purwo (which literally m…
Published on 2 months ago
The Last Cowboys
Humorous and tender, this BBC World Service documentary takes a long-haul view of the lives of modern truckers in Europe – exploring working-class masculinity on the road, all-nighters, and long jour…
Published on 2 months, 1 week ago
Bonus: The Global Story - A Gazan journalist's diary
Reporting on the war in Gaza has only been possible because of the work of Palestinian journalists, because the Israeli government will not let foreign broadcasters – including the BBC – inside the t…
Published on 2 months, 1 week ago
Carl Brandon Strehlke: My search for the 15th Century artist Beato Angelico
Art historian Carl Brandon Stehlke is a world expert on the great 15th Century Florentine painter Fra Angelico, and this is his dream project: a historic, once-in-a-lifetime exhibition of the artist'…
Published on 2 months, 1 week ago
A people’s history of Gaza
The back-story of Gaza, from the 1940s to the 2010s, told through the personal experiences of a wide variety of ordinary people - a teacher, a smuggler, a bird-watcher, musicians, doctors and others.…
Published on 2 months, 1 week ago
Reporting the impact of the Gaza ceasefire
Following the ceasefire in Gaza, this week has seen the release of hostages and prisoners on both sides and the beginning of the return of the remains of some of the deceased. Over the past two years…
Published on 2 months, 1 week ago
Families in Israel and Gaza share their stories
After two years and two days of war in Gaza, Israel and Hamas have agreed the first phase of a US-brokered ceasefire. In our conversations, families in Israel and Gaza share their experiences of the …
Published on 2 months, 1 week ago
Mamdani New York
Zohran Mamdani catapulted on to New York’s political scene this summer when he captured the Democratic nomination to run for Mayor this fall. A young politician, Mamdani campaigned on issues that mat…
Published on 2 months, 1 week ago
Fighting on two fronts
More than a third of Ukraine’s scientific institutions have been damaged or destroyed by Russian bombing. Many scientists have either fled the country or are internally displaced, and that Ukraine’s …
Published on 2 months, 1 week ago
Sabotage by smartphone
Ukrainian teenagers are being recruited online to carry out sabotage against their own country in return for cryptocurrency, and for some the consequences are deadly. Ukraine accuses Russia of using …
Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago