
India
Fort Kochi and Mattancherry journal, Part 7: Once-thriving Jewish settlement now bears a deserted look
The Paradeshi Synagogue at Jew Street in Mattancherry has been one of the biggest attraction of tourists visiting Kochi. But there are only five Jews left in Jew Town today.

Life
Civilisation and the sea: How maritime travel helped globalise our world
Contemporary human civilisation owes much of its evolution to nautical enterprise, as shown by maritime historians like Lincoln Paine