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The Grand Canyon Panorama Project

on January 04, 2026

Grand Canyon Images Panorama USA Website

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Top of the pyramid

on January 04, 2026

Inequality Infographics Unfairness Visual Capitalist Voronoi

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Curaçao - diaspora and success

on January 04, 2026

Caribbean Colonialism Curaçao Demographics Diaspora Football Migration Nationality Netherlands Sport Sport and Geography World Cup 2026

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First gigs - please help with my new blog

on January 04, 2026

Blogging Live Music Music Music and Geography World of Music

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Richard Horne's Norfolk

on January 04, 2026

Art Art and Geography Norfolk

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Sprouts

on January 04, 2026

Christmas Digimap for Schools Food for Thought Ordnance Survey

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A dark and stormy night...

on January 02, 2026

Images Norfolk Photographs

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3-30-300

on January 02, 2026

#gcsenaturalhistory 3-3-300 Green Space Woods

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National Year of Reading 2026

on January 02, 2026

Books Literacy National Literacy Trust National Year of Reading Reading

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Practical Pedagogies 2026 - call for sessions now open!

on January 01, 2026

CPD International School of Toulouse IST Matt Podbury Practical Pedagogies Russel Tarr

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New for 2026: My music blog has started

on January 01, 2026

Blogging Music World of Music

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OS Map Tile Explorer

on January 01, 2026

Alasdair Rae Data Visualisation Exploring Mapping Ordnance Survey OS UK

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Coming May 2026 from Cal Flyn

on January 01, 2026

Books Cal Flyn Cultural Geography Environment Global Humans and Nature Islands of Abandonment Reading Wilderness

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Happy New Year!

on January 01, 2026

Blogging ERASMUS+ New Year Newsletter Substack

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Merry Christmas

on December 20, 2025

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Hungry Geographies

on December 20, 2025

Blogging Food for Thought Hungry Geographies World of Music

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It's not Terry's....

on December 20, 2025

Chocolate Cocoa Food Food for Thought Food prices Shrinkflation Sugar Terry's

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GA Conference 2026 - programme now available

on December 18, 2025

CPD GA Conference GA Conference 2026 Matt Podbury Sheffield World of Music

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Knowledge-rich essay collection

on December 17, 2025

Christine Counsell Civitas Curriculum Curriculum Making Essays Knowledge-rich

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Cal Heat Score

on December 16, 2025

California Climate Change Dawn Wright ESRI Heatwaves Mapping USA

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Dance of the Continents

on December 16, 2025

Continental Drift Continents ESRI ESRI StoryMaps Geology Jason Sawle Plate Tectonics Storytelling

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Universally welcomed?

on December 16, 2025

Bedford Bedfordshire Case Study Development Regeneration Theme Park Locations Theme Parks Tourism Universal Studios

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Wild London - New Year's Day

on December 16, 2025

BBC Cities London Sir David Attenborough Urban wildlife Wild London Wildlife

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Cinema City

on December 15, 2025

Archaeology. History Changing Places Cinema City Norwich Palimpsest

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Earth Smiles

on December 14, 2025

Aid Apps Bunds Desertification Earth Smiles Farmers Justdiggit Kenya Kijani Tanzania Training Water bunds

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2026

January

15-17: EMO-GI F2F Meeting #1 - Ghent

February

10: UCL/IOE - Technology CPD

24: Education Committee - Online

March

4: David Byrne - Eventim Apollo

7: Open Morning

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29-31: Iceland - Rayburn

April

1-2: Iceland - Rayburn

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16-18: Belgium

May

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15: Amelie - Royal Festival Hall

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Rayburn FST - Iceland - TBC

Dec

7: RGS Council Meeting

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