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A new blog for 2026 - contributions welcome

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This blog started out with the idea of sharing some musical geographies... I've been working on preparations for a new 365 project blog : a post a day for a year and now its time to get more people involved if you have a few moments. I've completed several of these 365 projects before, including my GeoLibrary blog , Geography on/in Film and Fieldnotes from Iceland . My latest blog is going to be on the theme of music and its geographical connections in the broadest sense , including how it connects us to specific places or moments in time, captures landscapes and emotions or forms part of our cultural geography.  Most people have some personal connections to particular musical genres or musicians.   Few people go through life without music in it... we pick music for giving birth and saying goodbye for the final time; the 'first dance'; 'our song'... travelling music... music to get us to sleep or get us going in the morning. Music provides comfort, enjoyment ev...
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300 000 page views

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This blog was mothballed years ago, but still gets regular visitors and another milestone passed. Thanks for reading.  Why not head over to LivingGeography or subscribe to the Substack... And while you're here... A request to cast a vote for Rayburn Tours in the Best School Tour Operator (Large) category of the UK School Travel Awards if you can please, particularly if you have travelled with them with your school.  I work for them as a Field Studies Tutor and we are all proud to work for this family firm which is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year. This would certainly add to the celebrations. The voting form can be accessed here. Thanks very much :)
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160 000 page views

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Good to see people still coming across this blog, and finding it useful. Head over to LivingGeography for all my current bloggage.
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The Great American Eclipse

I wonder whether anyone I know is heading to America to see this event... A good swathe of the country will be heading to areas along a long strip of land stretching across the country, where they will be able to see a total eclipse on August the 21st... It may well be the chance of a lifetime for many to see such an event. There's a fantastic ESRI StoryMap made by Mike Zeiler of ESRI below, which tells you all you need to know about eclipses, and this one in particular...
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130 000 page views...

Thanks for reading...
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100 000 page views

Not quite the 2 million of Living Geography but thanks for continuing to read this blog. Although it's archived and has been for some years, there's still plenty here that will be new to some...
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GA CPD Courses for 2013-14

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The details of the CPD courses being offered by the GA in the new academic year have been released, and are available for booking now. Visit the website for details of all the courses. I'm delighted to say that I will be leading the following days... at various venues around the country from the middle of November through to June 2014... Hope to see some of you at one of these events...
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