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Football kit is coming home (via your local charity shop) Every minute, the equivalent of 951 football shirts are sent to UK landfills, according to the charity Green Football. That’s...

Europe’s train network is undergoing something of a renaissance – and one tour company is climbing on board The Swedes have a word for it: tågskryt. It means literally ‘train...

Project 195 is built around the premise that art is global society’s ‘only true universal language’ A new movement aims to connect creators from every country across the world, asking...

From clashing stag beetles to a resting damselfly, winners of the latest Close-up Photographer of the Year competition The winners of the sixth Close-up Photographer of the Year (CUPOTY) awards...

Cleaning up, under the radar: from landmines to refuse lying in subterranean caves, these people are tackling less-visible pollution We recently reported on the ‘ghost-hunters’ – the volunteer divers who...

For scholars and human rights defenders from across the world, the University of York is offering a rare refuge where they can study in safety After suffering years of harassment...

The new instrument’s sound has been described as haunting, metallic and funereal A Ukrainian composer has crafted a pitch perfect message of hope and defiance by turning a Russian missile...

Since Kabul fell to the Taliban three and a half years ago, Untold Narratives has helped to protect the courageous words of women writers It’s August 2021. Imagine being a...

The Antarctic tundras are home to a range of species that have adapted in fascinating ways to the frozen conditions. The climate crisis means that thousands of penguins are now...

By Russell Bruce Newsnet’s short video on our way back to Europe. Please share. Photographs of different parts of Europe are by Russell and Dorothy Bruce The post Back to...