Thomas Harding is writing a book about the 1823 Demerara rebellion. To find out more about him or his previous books go to his website http://www.thomasharding.com or you can email him at 1823@thomasharding.com
I am writing a book about the Demerara Insurrection of 1823. The uprising led by Jack Gladstone and his father Quamina. And I would love your help because, for now, I can’t get to Guyana …
Why, you may ask, am I, an Englishman, interested in the 1823 insurrection? Let me try and explain. Continue reading
TRAVEL: COVID-19: How clean is the air on planes – National Geographic
— HOW CLEAN IS THE AIR ON PLANES?
Tuesday, September 1, 2020 – National Geographic
PHOTOGRAPH BY JEFFREY GROENEWEG AND HOLLANDSE HOOG, REDUX
By George Stone, TRAVEL Executive Editor
How do you measure pandemic pessimism among travelers? The evidence is in the air—or not in the air, to be precise. At the pandemic’s peak in the U.S., there was a 96 percent reduction in air travelers; this figure shifted to a 73 percent reduction by mid-summer. According to a poll of transportation engineers, air travel figures in the U.S. are predicted to remain at 50–70 percent capacity a year from now.
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