Alice Roberts’ new series,  Lost Grail , revisits one of Britain’s most enduring questions: how much of the Arthurian tradition is rooted in real landscapes, real leaders, and real moments of crisis? Her approach—clear-eyed, evidence-led, and grounded in archaeology—offers a timely reminder that legends often emerge from periods of profound uncertainty. Prof Mark Horton and I explored the same question surfaced during field trials whilst preparing for heritage work in Mali. W

How Communities Around the World Are Using Evidence to Regain a Sense of Control When the sea begins to creep closer each winter, when familiar dunes flatten after a single storm, when cliffs retreat by metres instead of centimetres, it’s easy to feel that nothing can be done. Across the world, coastal communities have been finding a quiet, practical way to steady themselves: they start gathering evidence about what’s happening . This does not to replace experts and the agenc

Could Humanitarian Innovations Offer Solutions to Communities Threatened by Coastal Erosion? Where This Began The starting point was work using drone-based systems to understand glacial retreat in the Alps and rockfall risk on Scottish Highland roads. Watching how relatively simple aerial surveys could reveal patterns in ice movement or identify unstable rock faces raised a question: if these methods could track environmental change in mountains, what else might they document

A virtual 3D model on a screen has the potential for a site to be viewed, explored and analysed from every angle, and the data seamlessly...