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.

The World from PRX • 17th September 2024

"It's a weird... performance": Famed Japanese drummer big outside of Japan

Ryosuke Kiyasu is a respected heavy metal and jazz drummer in Japan who takes on a different style in his solo drum shows, playing a snare drum with his teeth, kicking the drum around the room and often destroying furniture.

The World from PRX • 6th September 2024

In rural Austria, someone wants you to hear the sound of a glacier crying

The Dachstein glacier in Austria is nearly 9,000 feet high. But scientists say that it’s likely to melt completely by the end of this century. An artist from Cleveland, Ohio, was commissioned to create a work of art that would give the glacier a voice.

The Guardian • 29th August 2024

Austrian town gets its lederhosen in a twist over modern art

Bad Ischl is the first alpine town to be awarded European capital of culture status, bringing nudity and surreal sculptures to a rural area more in tune with classical music and mountain pursuits

The World from PRX • 27th August 2024

Albania's No. 1 urban explorer is a Russian woman accused of being a spy

Lana Sator is a young Russian urban explorer who routinely traveled to different countries in search of abandoned military sites. But she ran into trouble when police grabbed her in Albania and accused her of being a spy. Since they took her documents and won’t let her leave the country, she’s been supporting herself by giving unofficial tours to tourists.

The World from PRX • 9th August 2024

Bulgarian bagpipe festival creates a cacophony of sound

Bagpipes blaring across a lush green rural landscape are typically associated with the Scottish Highlands. But it’s in rural Bulgaria that bagpipe enthusiasts gather for the annual bagpipe festival in the village of Gela. Bagpipes date back thousands of years in Bulgaria, particularly in the country’s Rhodope Mountains.

The Guardian • 1st August 2024

Scaling the fairytale peaks of Saxon Switzerland in Germany

The dramatic landscape was beloved of Romantic painters and hardcore climbers. But the spa town of Bad Schandau provides a gentler introduction for skinny-calfed explorers.

The Guardian • 3rd July 2024

Across Turkey by train: riding the Mesopotamia Express

With lengthy stops for side trips, this long-distance journey is a joyful, social experience accompanied by great food and music.

The Guardian • 7th May 2024

Why clubbers are raving about Germany’s cross-country Techno Train

With DJs, bouncers and bars, the Nuremberg train offers a complete clubbing experience – and some lovely views of the Bavarian countryside.

The Guardian • 23rd March 2024

Not just cheap beer and old buildings: an arty weekend in Prague

A new sleeper train from Brussels is bringing the Czech capital’s contemporary art scene within easy reach of rail travellers.

The Sunday Times • 14th January 2024

I’ve had tinnitus for 20 years. Here’s a promising solution

Years of sweaty gigs have left an ever-ringing ‘ghost wasp’ in Jamie Fullerton’s ears. Scientists think their app could put millions like him on the path to a cure.

The Guardian • 21st December 2023

Dresden – the city that saved my Christmas

The city’s Christmas markets and baroque architecture will revive even a flagging festive spirit, while its street art is an edgy pick-me-up.

The Guardian • 16th December 2023

‘So good I went five times’: travel writers’ favourite discoveries of 2023

We asked 23 Guardian travel writers to share their best experiences of 2023, from elegant spas and an art deco cinema to a new ‘megalith’ and a futuristic hotel.

The Telegraph • 10th December 2023

The Libertines, Margate Lido: Doherty and Barât almost touch lips in a sea-lashed show

At the Cliff Bar, the bad boys of noughties indie offered a preview of their forthcoming album – and plenty of nostalgia.

Green Jobs Foundation • 2nd November 2023

Green Jobs: State of The Nation

I wrote up the first report created by the Green Jobs Foundation: a new charity launched to promote and increase access to green jobs.

Whynow • 1st November 2023

Stranger in My Own Skin review | Scrappy, sores-and-all Peter Doherty documentary

Katia deVidas had ultimate insider access but produced few revelations when chronicling the darkest sides of The Libertines frontman Peter Doherty.

The Guardian • 23rd September 2023

On the midnight express train across Turkey

On the final journey in our long-distance rail series we take the Doğu Express, which runs east from the Turkish capital, Ankara, towards Kars and the border with Georgia.

The Guardian • 22nd September 2023

From sulphur baths to Stalin’s home: five great trips in Georgia

Spectacular mountains and valleys, natural hot baths and a Soviet-era ghost town are all just a day trip away from the Georgian capital, Tbilisi.

The Guardian • 16th September 2023

Witches, DJs and dancing in the aisles: on board the Culture Train from Berlin to Poland

Musicians, dancers and a tarot-card reading artist animate the nearly five-hour journey to Wrocław from the German capital.