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‘A wild swimmer’s paradise’: the beach on top of a Yorkshire moor

A new documentary, Wild Water, celebrates a hardy group of enthusiasts who hike up boglands to swim year-round in a remote mill pond built during the Industrial Revolution

Published: 26 Dec 2023

Coast to coast: snapshots of Cornwall’s new Tamar valley walk

Our photojournalist samples short walks along the new 87-mile route which hugs the border of Cornwall and Devon

Published: 2 Aug 2023

The age of extinction
A jail for wayward polar bears? You must be in Churchill, Canada…

The 900 residents of the Manitoba town have learned to share their streets on the edge of the Arctic with the huge animals and the eager tourists who come to see them

Published: 10 Apr 2023

From a Thatcher nutcracker to a Trump toilet brush: my curious collection of political memorabilia

As a foreign correspondent I used to report on dictators and democrats. Now I collect them

Published: 12 Mar 2022

The herbalists of Tunis medina: on borrowed thyme – a photo essay

From the cavernous shops in Souq El Blat, herbalists share the rich and fascinating history of their proud and ancient trade – and their fears that it could disappear

Published: 16 Feb 2022

Tourism rescues Omalo, Georgia, from oblivion – photo essay

Adventure tourists have thrown the remotest mountain region of the country an economic lifeline – but at what cost to ancient traditions and customs?

Published: 26 Nov 2021
Bothy culture: a tour of the Highlands’ sustainable sanctuaries

Scotland’s newly reopened mountain bothies are shining examples of sustainable tourism. Our photographer takes us on a guided tour

Published: 5 Nov 2021

Across Kazakhstan by rail – a photo essay

Photographer Mario Heller spent three weeks crossing the steppe by train. Here is his journey through the stories of the passengers, the history of the country and the romance of the railway

Published: 22 Oct 2021

From London to Beijing on the old Silk Road – a photo essay

Taken on a 25,000-mile trip across 16 countries, these images capture cities, landscapes and people along the trading route – and the pre-Covid joy of travel

Published: 13 May 2021

‘Respect the water’: RNLI lifeguard training in Cornwall

Ahead of a busy summer of domestic tourism in the UK, qualified lifeguards and trainees rehearse life-saving procedures

Published: 19 Apr 2021
Ancient story, new eyes: walking Queensland’s Scenic Rim – photo essay

Benjamin Allmon and local photographer Carin Garland discovered more than beautiful volcanic scenery during their 30 days walking through Queensland’s Scenic Rim. They made connections and found an answer to the question: where is the road leading?

Published: 17 Apr 2021

Eyes wide for the RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch – a photo essay

The UK’s largest citizen science project runs from 29-31 January with more people than ever expected to take part thanks to birdwatching’s lockdown boom

Published: 29 Jan 2021

My year of roaming free in Cornwall

Photographer Cat Vinton’s work follows nomadic people in the natural world, but the pandemic meant being closer to home – living out of her vehicle and exploring the Cornish way of life

Published: 9 Dec 2020

Cruise ship 2.0: setting sail into the new normal – photo essay

In the midst of the pandemic, cruise ships are back with swab tests, socially distanced mini-golf – and the same old environmental damage. Can the bubble stay intact?

Published: 20 Nov 2020

The meaning of leaf: an autumnal tour of England's arboretums

Planted by specimen collectors in the 18th and 19th centuries, arboretums are a ‘living library of trees’ that have become an invaluable public resource for recreation and education

Published: 27 Oct 2020

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