'In 2008 I returned to London having spent the last nine years living and working in Eastern Europe and Turkey and was surprised by the speed of change that had taken place. I wanted to document the city, its movements and migrations, its landscape ...

These photographs were taken in the middle of Taksim Square, the heart of modern Istanbul. The word Taksim has its origins in the Arabic word for distribution or division. That is reflected in the diversity of people that one sees passing through ...

Immigration is a divisive topic in Europe - and Britain is no different. Though probably less vociferous than in countries like Denmark or the Netherlands, anti-immigrant voices in Britain have been calling on caps on immigration and more stringent ...

On January 20th 2009 Barack Obama was inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States. Before a crowd of more than a million in Washington DC, Obama became the first African-American to take command of a nation founded by slaveholders. This is an ...

Commissioned by the Nature Conservancy, one of the leading conservation organisations working to preserve ecologically vital waters and lands for nature and people, Ami Vitale travelled to the US states of Alaska, Maine and Idaho and to the Marshall ...

The Thelon Wildlife Sanctuary which straddles the border between Canada's Northwest Territories and Nanavut is the largest wildlife refuge in Canada, covering over 52,000 square kilometres, an area twice the size of Belgium. This shrubby, almost ...

All over the flat and sparse Great Hungarian Plain (or Alföld), hundreds of hot springs gush out of the ground. Hungary is one of the most geothermally active regions in the world, with over 150 hot water spas and the largest active medicinal ...

While the damage done to the environment by burning coal is a hotly debated topic that has become even mere pressing with the breakneck growth of developing economies like China and India, the effect it has on people across the United States and ...

A decade after Michael Pollan wrote his landmark article 'Power Steer' it appears that not much has changed in U.S. beef production, although a movement for healthier, more ethical food has certainly grown. In the Centennial Valley, the variety of...

Timbuktu, on the south western edge of the Sahara desert, has an illustrious history as a centre of trade and learning dating back to 13th century. Tens of thousands of manuscripts covering everything from astrology to medicine have been kept in the ...

Professional European cyclists with gleaming bicycles and fully equipped back-up teams compete with locals on rickety 30-year-old bikes in Africa's best-known cycle race, the 1,300 kilometre Tour du Faso. Temperatures that can hit 40 degrees Celsius make...

Starting in the capital Dakar, the Tour du Senegal takes in much of the country, both rural and urban, in temperatures which rise as high as 47 degrees Celsius. The field is split between African entrants, many from Senegal itself, and riders from ...

Eritrea's passion for cycling is one of many lasting influences of Italian colonial rule. The country's first multi-day cycle race was staged in 1946, although locals were not allowed to enter. The Giro was resurrected fifty-five years later, a symbol of...

Italy is in turmoil. Its economic problems are symptomatic of the current crisis in the Eurozone and need to be addressed, urgently. But part of the solution needs to come from the political establishment which is very much part of the problem. On ...

'I never know, although I use the term myself occasionally, quite what people mean when they talk about multiculturalism'. Tony Blair, August 2005 'Multiculturalism: the policy or process whereby the distinctive identities of the cultural groups within ...

Behind the fashion for wearing distressed jeans lies a sorry tale of worker exploitation. The wear and tear process is outsourced to countries such as China, where cheap wages and lax environmental controls have allowed the rapid growth of a ...