When Tariq Ali and Alex Smith ventured out, they didn’t expect their film photography and sketching to go beyond recording their journey, and create their most memorable experiences.
This recording is from our annual Geographical journeys: microlectures event, where eight speakers had just 10 minutes each to share their geographical journeys in an illustrated talk.
The event was organised by the Society’s Younger Members' Committee.
Featured image: Tariq Ali
For the first time Katherine MacInnes retells the story of Captain Scott's race for the South Pole from the perspective of the five women left behind.
From pastoralist communities in the remote Turkana region of northern Kenya to the tundra ecosystems of the Canadian Arctic, Sam and Isla explore our changing world through Society funded fieldwork.
Ruairi Glasheen meets the young musicians drumming new life into ancient Persian traditions.
Introducing the Society's newly digitised film collection, and a deeper look at R.A. Bagnold's 1932 expedition – the first east-west crossing of the Libyan Desert as captured on film.
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