Unesco
March 2026
Stonehenge tunnel plan officially scrapped after years of protests
Campaigners have been fighting proposals to build traffic tunnel under the world heritage site since 1994France returns sacred talking drum looted from Côte d’Ivoire over 100 years ago
Djidji Ayôkwé was handed to Ivorian officials in Paris earlier this monthDismay as ancient heritage sites across Iran damaged in US-Israel bombing
Golestan Palace world heritage site in Tehran and palace in Isfahan harmed despite Unesco sending coordinates
February 2026
Perfect pitches for historic matches
Letters: David Dudding and Alan Burkitt-Gray bowl up some cricket grounds within Unesco world heritage sites
December 2025
Delizioso! Six of Italy’s tastiest local food delicacies – and where to try them
The myth of traditional Italian cuisine has seduced the world. The truth is very different
Alberto GrandiItaly first country to win Unesco recognition for national cuisine
Bring forth your crafts, customs and traditions: UK to recognise UN cultural heritage list
November 2025
Unesco adopts global standards on ‘wild west’ field of neurotechnology
UN body’s recommendations driven by AI advances and proliferation of consumer-oriented neurotech devices
October 2025
Underground zip wire plan for Lake District approved by judge
Campaigners say go-ahead for ‘theme park’ attraction in quarry could imperil area’s Unesco world heritage status
September 2025
Archaeologists scramble to evacuate Gaza artefacts threatened by Israeli strike
Herwig Schopper obituary
July 2025
Trump’s Unesco withdrawal is part of a broader assault on democracy
Liesl Gerntholtz and Julie Trebault- US politics liveCourt blocks Trump’s ‘unconstitutional’ attempt to end birthright citizenship – as it happened
Trump pulls US out of Unesco in blow for UN culture and education agency
The Killing Fields execution site and two former Khmer Rouge prisons added to Unesco heritage list
Eight countries back Australia’s push to add WA rock art to World Heritage list hours before crunch meeting
What Australia must do to overturn objections for WA rock art to attain UN heritage status
Murray Watt ramps up lobbying efforts in last-minute push to get Murujuga rock art on world heritage list
June 2025
Murray Watt ‘personally lobbied’ Unesco over barring of WA rock art from world heritage list
Speaking to Guardian Australia, the environment minister said the report had been ‘clearly influenced’ by environment campaigners