The Death (and Slow Rebirth) of Vorkuta

Unofficially dubbed ‘Chernobyl of the North’, Vorkuta has enough distinctions to make it stand out in its own right. The once-thriving coal town was built by prisoners from the network of camps dotted around north Russia after it had been flagged as a resource trove. In 1941, the town was connected to the Northern Railway… Continue reading →

Back From the Brink

This article first appeared in Newstalk. Its author travelled with the aid of the Simon Cumbers Media Fund to cover statelessness in Sierra Leone. The broadcast below aired on The Hard Shoulder on 20 December 2018. A bar of light falls on the long metal rack against the wall, illuminating a dusty stack of paper… Continue reading →