The Galápagos Islands are a chain of islands, or archipelago, in the eastern Pacific Ocean. They are part of the country of Ecuador, in South America. The Galápagos lie about 966 kilometers (600 miles) off of the Ecuadorian coast.
There are thirteen major islands and a handful of smaller islands that make up the Galápagos archipelago. The largest of the islands is called Isabela. It is approximately 129 kilometers (80 miles) long. Repeated volcanic eruptions helped to form the rugged mountain landscape of the Galápagos Islands.
Combining unheard audio recordings, dramatic reconstructions and personal archives, The Real Charlie Chaplin traces Charlie Chaplin’s meteoric rise from the slums of Victorian London to the heights of Hollywood superstardom, before his scandalous fall from grace. Watch the premiere on Saturday, December 11 at 8/7c on SHOWTIME.
Travel to Naples with our latest Postcard video, featuring some of our favourite and insider places. Start at the medieval castle of Maschio Angioino in the centre and take in the ancient architecture of the city including the San Francesco di Paola church and Cattedrale Santa Maria Assunta. Wander the buzzing markets lining the streets such as Via San Gregorio Armeno and stop for divine espressos and sfogliatelle at Gran Caffé Gambrinus. Wander on to taste pizza by Ciro Oliva, stretch out on the sandy beach at Posillipo and breathe in the views from the seafront castle Castel dell’Ovo. Watch now to be transported instantly to the southern Italian city and to marvel at its natural beauty and liveliness from afar.
Big Tech, real estate, and even video games are being targeted by new regulations in China. This regulatory upheaval could be yet another sign that Xi Jinping and the Chinese Communist Party is trying to reign in the business sector.
Ronda is a mountaintop city in Spain’s Malaga province that’s set dramatically above a deep gorge. This gorge (El Tajo) separates the city’s circa-15th-century new town from its old town, dating to Moorish rule. Puente Nuevo, a stone bridge spanning the gorge, has a lookout offering views. New town’s Plaza de Toros, a legendary 18th-century bullring, is one of the city’s most recognizable landmarks.
The towering trees in Gabon’s mangrove swamps have helped to make the Central African country one of the world’s few net absorbers of carbon. However, many are under threat from urbanization, with former swamps being illegally cleared for construction.
The Hawaiian Islands are an archipelago of eight major islands, several atolls, numerous smaller islets, and seamounts in the North Pacific Ocean, extending some 1,500 miles from the island of Hawaiʻi in the south to northernmost Kure Atoll.
Our new issue is now online, featuring @neepmail on Hannah Arendt, Charles Nicholl on Elizabethan true crime, Andrew O’Hagan on Joan Eardley, @bhatiap on the end of @ozy, stories by Sigrid Nunez and Diane Williams, and a cover by Anne Rothenstein: https://t.co/xaTOjYd3Vrpic.twitter.com/WiKDlpP1TW
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