A meal in CoCoCo, a top St Petersburg restaurant? One featured in an episode of TV chef Anthony Bourdain? Would I be …
Autobiography & Travel
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Archaeology, History & Culture
‘Woman with nails in both sides of skull’ – the Nanjing Massacre Memorial
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleArguably, the most shocking part of Iris Chang’s book ‘The Rape Of Nanking’, comes in its Epilogue. During my 12 months living …
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Palaeobotany & Palaeoclimate
Were there dinosaurs in New Zealand’s Jurassic Fossil Forest at Curio Bay?
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleIn the Jurassic you could have walked from what is now the fossil forest at Curio Bay in southernmost New Zealand (see …
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As I lowered my arse out the door of the moving train, with my trousers and undies around my ankles, I saw …
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Corals in Mongolia – is there a better example of dramatic Earth-change?! The Gobi Altai -the mountains flanking the Gobi Desert, are …
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Palaeobotany & Palaeoclimate
What latitude did the Jurassic Fossil Forest of Curio Bay grow at?
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleThe Jurassic fossil forest of Curio Bay today lies almost at the southern tip of New Zealand’s South Island. In the Jurassic, …
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Palaeobotany & Palaeoclimate
New Zealand’s first fossil horsetails in millions of years
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleWith the precious fossils laid out carefully on a sun-hat held in my hands, I took a confident stride from one boulder …
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The man in the Taganrog Park spun around and said something at us. The only word I made out was ‘anglesky’ (‘English’)- …
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A small claim to fame….Last year I found some little dinosaur footprints in China, and the resulting paper has just been published …
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Archaeology, History & Culture
Nomadic Women’s Underwear – in Greek Tanais on the Russian Don
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleYou’ll see the chick with red and green silk bloomers at Tanais… The River Don is one of Europe’s big ones. Even …