Gallery: From the G20

Baseball at the equator



Gallery: Photos from the protests


Protestors took to the streets of Central London this week to demonstrate during the G20 conference at the Excel Centre. Photographer Nelly Akhemtova and reporter Karolina Tagaris report back with some of what they saw on the streets.












Current Affairs

London Olympics: Green or in the red?


When London successfully bid for the 2012 Olympics the bill was estimated at a mere £2.4bn. In 2008 this rose to £9.35bn and in January 2009 Britain officially entered a recession for the first time in 18 years. Considering this backdrop Karolina Tagaris explores whether Britain be able to keep its promise to be the "greenest games in modern times"?

Travel

Camping out in Botswana


Botswana's wilderness is full of otherworldly experiences. You wake up to the grunting laughter of hippos, are transfixed by the hypnotic gaze of googly-eyed giraffes, and startled by the familiarity of a lion's roar. Lisa Reinisch tells what it's like to set up camp in the wilds of Botswana.

Arts

Recessionary art


Photographer and Samaritan volunteer Hege Sæbjørnsen's new exhibition presents a challenging artistic response to the gloomy atmosphere reinforced - if not produced - by the financial crisis. Najate Zouggari chats with Hege Sæbjørnsen about the story behind the exhibition now showing in Clerkenwell.