BBC • 13th May 2025

Islas Marías: A notorious prison island turned natural paradise

In 2019, Mexico's Islas Marías prison – the last island penal colony in the Americas – finally closed. Now a biosphere reserve, the once-feared archipelago is open to tourists on restricted, navy-organised tours

The Telegraph • 27th April 2025

Lady Gaga, Mexico City, review: more brilliantly bonkers than Katy Perry in space

Over the top? Definitely. Moving? Surprisingly so. Gaga’s latest stadium concert confirmed that a star is reborn

Adventure.com • 15th March 2025

Guatemala’s volcano tours offer local guides a different path, but at what risk?

A huge eruption from Guatemala’s Fuego volcano has led to evacuations and the temporary closure of hiking trails. It’s also highlighted potential dangers for the guides facilitating the country’s hottest tourism activity. Writer Jamie Fullerton climbed Fuego to see why for many locals, working on a lava-spewing volcano is worth the gamble

The Guardian - Today in Focus • 24th February 2025

The murder and legacy of the world’s first openly gay imam

How did Imam Muhsin Hendricks change the lives of queer Muslims? Jamie Fullerton reports

The World from PRX • 20th February 2025

North Korea opens for Western tourists

On Thursday, North Korea let Western tourists visit for the first time since 2020. Reporter Jamie Fullerton looks at the ethical issues around taking a vacation in the autocratic nation

The World from PRX • 18th February 2025

Gay imam murdered over the weekend in South Africa

Muhsin Hendricks, known as one of the world’s only out gay imams and the only one in Africa, was shot dead over the weekend in what looks like a targeted hit. Hendricks was both loved and reviled for his work promoting tolerance in South Africa and around the world

The World from PRX • 12th February 2025

The Guatemalan health workers funded by Abba's 'Chiquitita'

Fifty years ago, the pop superstars ABBA donated all proceeds from the song “Chiquitita” to UNICEF. The song is still making money, and that money is now being spent in Guatemala where it’s funding medical workers in rural areas

The Telegraph • 12th February 2025

How an Abba classic helped protect thousands of children from abuse

In 1979, the Swedish pop group signed over the rights to one of their hits – more than 45 years on, it is still changing lives in Guatemala

The World from PRX • 10th February 2025

Bridges save Costa Rican sloths from road deaths - The World from PRX

There are millions of sloths in Costa Rica. But with high levels of deforestation over the past few decades and increasing contact with humans, the population is taking a hit.

The Telegraph • 22nd January 2025

The violent history of Costa Rica’s most popular souvenir

The brightly coloured balsa-wood masks are ubiquitous in the country, and of enormous significance to the indigenous people of Boruca

The Guardian • 17th January 2025

Songs, tears and resistance: the Nicaraguan exile rallying audiences in Costa Rica

As one of the tens of thousands to have fled Daniel Ortega’s regime, singer and ‘artivist’ Olguita Acuña says she has a duty to raise awareness of her country’s situation

The World from PRX • 7th January 2025

A Costa Rican dance against colonialism becomes a paradoxical tourist attraction

Every year, in the Costa Rican village of Boruca, men dress in garish masks and costumes to reenact their ancestors’ battle against colonizers 500 years ago.

The World from PRX • 2nd January 2025

Bullfighting in Costa Rica is more like bull 'dodging'

Unlike the Spanish form, Costa Rican bullfighting does not aim to kill the bull, but only to dodge it. Jamie Fullerton takes us to this Costa Rican Christmas tradition.

The World from PRX • 10th December 2024

In Costa Rica, there's a new voice of Nicaraguan resistance

In 2018, singer-guitarist Olguita Acuña left Nicaragua, following death threats. Acuña made it to Costa Rica and, like many others forced to flee Nicaragua, applied for refugee status. Now, she’s carrying on her activism

Adventure.com • 7th December 2024

Can't decide where to go in 2025? We asked our writers and editors for their top travel picks

Adventure.com editors and writers share their travel wishlists for 2025.

The World from PRX • 29th October 2024

Sheds playing greater role for men in the UK

Sheds are important to British culture, or at least to many men of a certain age in the country. But now, sheds are playing a far greater role in the UK, bringing older men together.

The World from PRX • 19th October 2024

Cornish hatchery helps lobster sustainability levels

In Cornwall, in the UK, a 25-year-old hatchery seems to have proven itself a success.

The Telegraph • 15th October 2024

The slow-train adventure that reveals a rarely seen side of Turkey

Our writer jumps aboard the Van Golu Express as the country has a railway ‘moment’.

The World from PRX • 25th September 2024

In Poland, a group helping Ukrainian refugees has begun building drones

An NGO established in Warsaw, Poland, to help refugees from the war in Ukraine provides up to 500 people a day with food and clothing. It’s recently added another bit of aid to its portfolio: supplying frontline Ukrainian troops with kamikaze drones.

Adventure.com • 19th September 2024

The sound sculpture in Austria where you can hear a glacier ‘crying’

Scientists say it’s likely that Austria’s Dachstein glacier will have melted almost completely by the end of this century. Now, deep in an ice cave, an artist is giving the dying glacier a voice - via an ambitious sound sculpture.