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TIDAL - a new app from Brendan Conway

on July 30, 2026

AI Brendan Conway Claude Data Visualisation FIFA Football Geography of Sport GIS Spatial Analysis Sport Tidal app World Cup 1966

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World Cup 1966

on July 30, 2026

1966 Brendan Conway ESRI StoryMap Lonnie Donnegan Music and Geography Skiffle World Cup World of Music

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New from Ed Conway

on July 29, 2026

Andy Burnham Books Bread Cars Clothes Clothing Ed Conway Globalisation Inequality Material World Newsletter Substack Trade Trade World

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London's Future

on July 29, 2026

Cities Good Growth Governance London Politics Sadiq Khan The London Plane Urban Urbanisation World City

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New ONS population estimates

on July 29, 2026

Census 2021 Demographics Office for National Statistics ONS Population Population estimates

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Has the population peaked?

on July 28, 2026

Demographics Interactive Map Our World in Data Peak Population Population

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Greenland's Statistics and Exploration

on July 28, 2026

Arctic Demographics Denmark ESRI StoryMap Exploration Geopolitics Greenland RGS Statistics

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UK's UNESCO designated sites

on July 28, 2026

Culture Heritage Heritage tourism History Landscape Landscape Management Tourism UK UN UNESCO World Heritage Listing World Heritage Sites

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GridTown

on July 28, 2026

Critical Thinking Decision Making Exercise Energy Games Games Based Learning GridTown LinkedIn Sustainability Trevor Hinkle

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A GCSE Natural History podcast

on July 23, 2026

#gcsenaturalhistory Caroline Lucas Extinction of Experience GCSE Natural History Green Alliance Mary Colwell Natural History Nature Podcasts

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Europe's soils are drying out

on July 23, 2026

Climate Breakdown Drought Europe Farming Food Production Soil Moisture Soils Water Security

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DG Outtake #13: Explore Uganda

on July 23, 2026

Africa Discover Geography Explore Uganda Nature Pearl of Africa Tourism Uganda Wildlife World Heritage Sites

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EMO-GI #22: Oak National resources on digital literacy

on July 23, 2026

AI Artifical Intelligence Chatbots Digital Literacy EMO-GI ERASMUS+ KS3 Oak National Academy

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Wyld's Great Globe

on July 22, 2026

19th Century 360 degree VR Ben Hennig Globes Leicester Square Maps Worldmapper Wyld's Great Globe

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James Hutton Institute

on July 22, 2026

Anniversary Climate Change Futures Geology James Hutton James Hutton Institute Soil

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PTI Geography Symposium #6 - Further reading

on July 22, 2026

Bill McGuire Climate Breakdown Climate Change CPD EMO-GI Olivia Taylor Passed the Point of no Return PTI Geography PTI Symposium RGS The Fate of the World

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Want to present at the next GA Conference? Submit your session ideas now.

on July 22, 2026

CPD Fiona Sheriff GA Conference GA Conference 2027 Passionate about Geography Sheffield College

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UK Flooding risk increasing

on July 21, 2026

Anthony Bennett Climate Change Coastal Erosion Erosion Flooding Golden Sands Holderness Holderness Coast Internet Geography Research The Fens The Guardian

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Digital Natives....

on July 20, 2026

AI Digital Natives Education Technology Geography IT Pedagogy Skills Students Technology

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Feeling hot...

on July 20, 2026

BBC News Heat Heatwaves Inequality UK Heatwave May 2026

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World Cup Woes #7 - Congratulations to Spain! Game over...

on July 20, 2026

2026 World Cup Economy FIFA Football Geography of Sport Scandal Seattle Sport Trump USA World Cup

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North Norfolk

on July 18, 2026

Brancaster North Norfolk North Norfolk Coast Salt Marshes Scolt Head Island

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Saving the postcard

on July 18, 2026

English Heritage Postcards Quentin Blake Royal Mail Seaside Stamps

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A whisky with a story...

on July 18, 2026

B Corp Coastal Exploration Company Heritage Nc'Nean Norfolk Norfolk Coast North Norfolk Sustainability Sustainable Tourism Whisky

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Same old...

on July 18, 2026

Climate Breakdown Climate Change Fossil Fuels North Sea Oil Politics

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Clacton and climate change

on July 16, 2026

Clacton Climate Change Count Binface Essex Hope Jaywick Politics

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PTI Geography Symposium #5 - Day 2

on July 15, 2026

#everydaygeographies Charlene Rose CPD Everyday Geographies Food GA Geography Symposium Imperial College Professor Iain Stewart PTI PTI Symposium RGS

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Stewardship

on July 15, 2026

#gcsenaturalhistory 2030 Church of England GCSE Natural History Habitats Humans and Nature Land Use Religion Rewilding Stewardship UK Wildlife

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No BBQs

on July 14, 2026

British Countryside Center Parcs Countryside Drought ESRI Fire Severity Index FSI Heatwave Natural England Wildfires

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PTI Geography Symposium #4: Evening events

on July 14, 2026

Geography Symposium J Willgoose Esq. John Wilkinson PTI Geography PTI Symposium Public Service Broadcasting

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