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Riddley Walker country

on October 31, 2025

Books Kent Literature Place Reading Riddley Walker Russel Hoban Sense of Place Writing

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Halloween is scary... for the planet

on October 31, 2025

Environment Halloween Plastic Pollution Plastics

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'Big Issue' - reducing inequality

on October 30, 2025

BRIT card Digital ID Free school meals Homelessness ID Cards Inequality Wealth inequality

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Going back 40 years

on October 30, 2025

Fieldtrips Huddersfield Huddersfield Polytechnic Nostalgia Placemaking Reunion Sense of Place Yorkshire

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Black Geographers

on October 30, 2025

Black Geographers Black History Month Blog York St. John University

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Ursula K le Guin: Maps

on October 30, 2025

Cartography Exhibition Fantasy London Maps Mike Duggan Storytelling The Conversation Ursula K Le Guin Writing

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Middlesborough FC's new crest

on October 29, 2025

Football Kits Geography Landscape Logos Middlesborough FC North East

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Simon, you crazy diamond.

on October 28, 2025

David Gilmour Geography and Music Music Pink Floyd Poet Laureate Poetry Simon Armitage Wish you were Here World of Music

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How Africa Eats

on October 27, 2025

Africa Books Food Food insecurity Food Security LSE Research

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Narrating Disaster - what's it like to live through a hurricane or volcanic eruption?

on October 27, 2025

Disasters Gemma Sou Humanitarian Aid Narrative led Curriculum Narratives

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Excellent review of CoastCraft

on October 27, 2025

CoastCraft Consultancy Environment Agency Games Games Based Learning Minecraft The Conversation UEA

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The Wandering Turnip

on October 27, 2025

Ask the Geographer Podcasts Psychogeography Rachel Owen RGS Royal Geographical Society Sense of Place Simon Pinfield

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Grindavík - not a ghost town...

on October 27, 2025

BBC Fieldnotes from Iceland Grindavik Iceland Lava Resilience Reykjanes Peninsula Tourism Visit Grindavik

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Gilliam's special places

on October 26, 2025

Jordan Nuttall Places Special Places Terry Gilliam The Guardian Will Jennings

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Against the Machine

on October 19, 2025

AI Books Futures Paul Kingsnorth Reading

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GeogPod with Charlene Rose

on October 18, 2025

Caribbean Caribbean Food Charlene Rose GeogPod Geographies of Food

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Earthshot Prize 2026

on October 17, 2025

Air Quality Case Studies Climate Change Earthshot Prize Hopeful Geographies Mukuru Stoves Prince William Sir David Attenborough

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More houses at risk of flooding

on October 16, 2025

Climate Breakdown Flood Action Week Flooding Hazards Insurance UK Flooding Uninsurable Water

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Enshittification

on October 16, 2025

AI Cory Doctorow Enshittification Futures Online Society Technology Technology and our lives

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Mukuru Clean Stoves - a success story

on October 16, 2025

Africa Charlot Magayi Cooking Energy Transition Food for Thought Fuelwood Ghana HAP Hopeful Geographies Household Air Pollution Innovation Mukuru Stoves

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Help digitise old weather records

on October 16, 2025

Citizen Science Data Ed Hawkins Ireland Met Eireann Weather Records

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Thoughtful Thursdays #7: A geographical melange

on October 16, 2025

Discover Geography EMOGI ERASMUS+ Fink's Taxonomy of Significant Learning Thoughtful Thursdays

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GeogLive! 29 on Curriculum Design - get your tickets now

on October 15, 2025

CAR CPD Curriculum Design EYPPC GA EYPPC GeogLive! Primary CPD Primary Curriculum Webinar

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Worldly Wednesdays #43: Busy

on October 15, 2025

Bob Mould Discover Geography Editing Music Newsletter Pedagogy Resources RGS Education Committee Substack Sugar Textbooks Windrush Child Worldly Wednesdays Writing

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New Oak Geography - have you checked it out?

on October 15, 2025

Curriculum Making Geographical Association Oak Oak Geography Oak National

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GA Blog on culturally responsive teaching

on October 15, 2025

Anti-Racist Geography Curriculum CPD Cultural Geography GA Blog London Multicultural Pedagogy

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The Hopkin Review of School Geography 1991-2023

on October 15, 2025

All the GA Presidents Blog John Hopkin Paula Owens

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Should there be Category 6 hurricanes?

on October 13, 2025

Climate Breakdown Climate Change Hurricanes Ocean heatwaves Ocean warming RMetS Royal Meteorological Society Saffir Simpson Scale

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Happy Indigenous People's Day

on October 13, 2025

Indigenous knowledge Indigenous Peoples

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An island as old as me

on October 13, 2025

Humans and Nature Iceland Nature Plant Succession Surtsey The Guardian

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The In Pinn

on October 12, 2025

Climbing Cuillins Geology Inaccessible Pinnacle Skye The Guardian

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The health impacts of fast fashion

on October 12, 2025

Environment Fashion Fast Fashion Follow the Things Globalisation India Panipat Year 8

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New for 2026: World of Music - your contributions welcome

on October 11, 2025

Blogging Cultural Geography Music Music and Geography Music and Landscape Public Service Broadcasting World of Music

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Crisepac

on October 10, 2025

Crisepac Disaster Risk Management ERASMUS+ EuroGeo Hazards Pedagogy Risk Teaching Resources

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December

10: RGS EE Christmas Social, Norwich School

16: Pearson Meeting

18: EMOGI Meeting #1 - Online

Fieldtrips

2026

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January

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February

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March

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