In 1994, Australian ranger David Noble set out on a canyoning trip into the deep, hard-to-reach gorges of Wollemi National Park in New South Wales. In one of the narrow ravines—places where people rarely, if ever, venture—he came across a group of unusual trees with strange branching patterns and a distinctive “bubbly” bark. They didn’t…
On 22 April 1993, eighteen‑year‑old Black student Stephen Lawrence was murdered in a racially motivated attack in Eltham, London, while waiting for a bus. Stephen was assaulted by a group of five white youths who stabbed him. It was an unprovoked attack. The following day, the police received an anonymous letter naming the suspects. They…
It’s fascinating to watch how the war in the Middle East echoes through multicultural London. The city is home to at least 40–60 thousand Iranians. A strong concentration of shops, restaurants, community centres and politically active diaspora can be found mainly on Ballards Lane in North Finchley, nicknamed “Little Tehran”. And as one might expect,…
London is inseparably linked with the oldest and most prestigious tennis tournament in the world, played every year on the grass courts of the All England Lawn Tennis Club. It is the only Grand Slam that still preserves the tradition of grass, a strict dress code, and an atmosphere no other tournament can replicate. Another…
