Hypatia and the Great Library City

Junko Tabei was a Japanese mountain climber who became the first woman to reach the top of Mount Everest in 1975. She loved climbing from a young age and worked hard to overcome challenges in a sport mostly dominated by men. Despite dangerous conditions, she continued climbing mo ...  Show more

The telegram was one of the first ways people could send messages quickly over long distances. Before the telegraph, messages could take weeks to travel by horse or ship. With the invention of the telegraph in the 1800s, short messages could be sent using electrical signals throu ...  Show more

Diego Perez is a poet, meditator and #1 New York Times bestselling author, widely known through his pen name, Yung Pueblo. Inspiring millions with his writing, his work focuses on the power of self-healing, creating healthy relationships and the wisdom that comes when we truly ...

By the end of the Spanish-US war, the Philippines was on the menu. Two battles played out simultaneously on the archipelago: and old and a new empire fought for power over a colony, whilst Filipinos fought for independence. The Philippines honoured the US in their new constitutio ...  Show more

Hear about trips from Manila as the Amateur Traveler talks to Justin from justin-travel.com about where to go after visiting the Philippine capital. Justin's recommended itinerary for day trips from Manila includes a variety of locations within a one to three-hour drive, each off ...  Show more

In a book that pulls together both sides of the Pacific, Bundok: A Hinterland History of Filipino America (UNC Press, 2023) asks the question: what if we look at Filipino history not from the cities or the imperial metropoles, but from the mountains and the countryside? Or put an ...  Show more