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City of Thorns: Nine Lives in the World’s Largest Refugee Camp
Half-a-Million Refugees Who Don’t Exist: Ben Rawlence’s “City of Thorns”
The Boreal Forests Have a Warning for Us
Five of the best books about trees
Hikes, hot tubs and proper snow? Our family ski trip in Slovakia is a revelation | Skiing holidays
Author Profiles The 'Traumatized People' Living In The World's Largest Refugee Camp
How climate change is moving the world's forests north
From the archive: ‘The treeline is out of control’: how the climate crisis is turning the Arctic green – podcast
The World's Largest Refugee Camp Looks Like A Slum/Star Wars Mashup
Radio Congo: taking the slow road through central Africa – A review by Magnus Taylor
Ben Rawlence is a polymath of African politics. As happy talking about the impact of the new(ish) Kenyan constitution – “petrol on the fire...
City of Thorns: Nine Lives in the World’s Largest Refugee Camp
In City of Thorns, Rawlence interweaves the stories of nine individuals to show what life is like in the Dadaab refugee camp and to sketch...
Half-a-Million Refugees Who Don’t Exist: Ben Rawlence’s “City of Thorns”
Unmarked on any official map, Dadaab—in eastern Kenya—is still today...
The Boreal Forests Have a Warning for Us
Treeline, a new book by Ben Rawlence, explains how climate change is causing far-reaching shifts in one of our most important ecosystems.
Five of the best books about trees
From true crime tales of tree poaching to a wildlife cameraman's adventures, this collection enters the endlessly fascinating world of our woodlands.
Hikes, hot tubs and proper snow? Our family ski trip in Slovakia is a revelation | Skiing holidays
The protected summits and valleys of the Tatras offer a return to the pleasures of traditional winter holidays – this time with all mod cons.
Author Profiles The 'Traumatized People' Living In The World's Largest Refugee Camp
Founded in 1991 as a temporary shelter for Somalis, the Dadaab complex in Kenya now houses nearly half a million refugees. Ben Rawlence...
How climate change is moving the world's forests north
The great boreal forests of the planetary north circle the Earth in an almost unbroken ring. Ben Rawlance has walked or canoed through many of these woods.
From the archive: ‘The treeline is out of control’: how the climate crisis is turning the Arctic green – podcast
Written by Ben Rawlence and read by Christien Anholt. Originally produced by Hattie Moir with additions and scoring by Nicola Alexandrou.
The World's Largest Refugee Camp Looks Like A Slum/Star Wars Mashup
But for thousands of Somali refugees, the camp in Dadaab, Kenya, is the only home they've ever known.
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Human Rights Watch researcher whose reports on Burundi detail human rights violations and the government's crackdown on opposition.