The Golden Road of early east–west commerce, in other words, lay less overland, and much more across the open oceans, via the choppy waters of the Red Sea  and the Indian Ocean. Listen as William Dalrymple + anita anand discuss the trade links between India and Ancient Rome.

It's been 30 years since the Wollemi Pine was rediscovered in 1994. Since then this dinosaur tree has become a global sensation. Explore the history of this peculiar pine in our next episode of What the Flora?! which launches tomorrow! Subscribe: bit.ly/3zLSSCa

Explore our planet’s earliest plants and the environments in which they lived with Natural History Museum palaeobotanist, Paul Kenrick, in this upcoming talk at the RHS Lindley Library: 'The Evolution Garden: Uncovering a History of Plants' 🌿 Find out more: eventbrite.co.uk/e/lindley-late…

The Tree Hunters — the intrepid explorers who went out on a limb via Financial Times #treehunter #botany #nature on.ft.com/3A2M4At

Excited to announce ten brand new ID webinars over the winter months, part of the BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland Northern Ireland Botanical Skills Project: free to attend & open to all! Starting on 5 Nov, with 'Getting Started with Plant Anatomy'. Check out bsbi.org/field-meetings… for more info.

The visionary architects planting nature into the foundations via Financial Times #nature #botany #architect #interior on.ft.com/3NCl6CU

Mining eats into more of the world’s forests via Financial Times #nature #forest on.ft.com/3Yuy4aH

Countries and regions around the world where flowers play a vital role — in cultural and religious traditions, the economy and daily life nytimes.com/2024/11/14/t-m…

The detention of Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu on March 19, along with over 100 other officials and politicians, is a politically motivated move to stifle lawful political activities. They should be released from police custody immediately. hrw.org/news/2025/03/1…

İmamoğlu iki ifadede ne anlattı? CHP’ye kayyum gelecek mi?nevsin mengu #turkiye youtube.com/live/o6bBKowFr… via YouTube

Protesters in Turkey rally 'for justice' after mayor's arrest bbc.in/41Qx8iH

TURKEY/Breaking News: Özgür Özel Declares Trustee Appointment in Istanbul No Longer a Possibility paturkey.com/news/2025/brea…

BREAKING; Hundreds of thousands of anti-Erdogan protesters are out on the streets of Istanbul tonight 🇹🇷

BREAKING: People are allegedly being suspended on X in Turkey for posting videos of these protests against Erdoğan’s corrupt and repressive regime. Keep sharing everywhere.

After the arrest of Istanbul’s mayor, tens of thousands have protested – with President Erdoğan slamming them as “a movement of violence.” But opposition CHP leader Özgür Özel tells CNN that the protesters’ motivation is “to defend democracy and to preserve their rights,”

Turkish protesters rise up against Recep Tayyip Erdoğan via Financial Times #turkish #imamoglu #istanbul #turkiye on.ft.com/4c6ELGE

This is an imperial horror story I've been longing to write about for years. Don't miss our new Empire: World History series VICTORIAN NARCOS- THE STORY OF THE OPIUM WARS

William and anita anand explore how the British love of tea led to the East India Company running an international drug cartel than made Pablo Escobar look as innocent as Wallace and Gromit podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/vic…

From four-dimensional hexagons to the mind-bending amplituhedron, geometrical shapes are wilder than we learn at school - and they are a crucial tool for understanding reality. newscientist.com/article/248411…

NEW FROM Empire: World History- OUR CANADA DAY SPECIAL We ask: How did the French obsession with Beaver lead to the Colonisation of Canada?