This is Kapadokya or Cappadocia (in Turkey), where for thousands of years, whole cities have been built undergound. All this burrowing needs some explaining.

Like so much that is beautiful, it began with extraordinary violence. At first, the brutality was geological. About seventy million years ago, Mt Erciyes exploded, along with two other volcanoes. They smothered the land first in shortbread (properly known as ‘tuff’) and then a wafer-thin coating of basalt.

Bobby Rogers, a founder member of Motown group The Miracles, has died aged 73.

Rogers died at his home in Southfield, Michigan on Sunday (March 3) morning after a lengthy illness, reported to be linked to complications from diabetes. Claudette Robinson, the singer's first cousin, said that Detroit Free Press he "had a sparkling personality that was loved by everyone. People always commented on the tall one with the glasses".

A team of researchers including Guyanese born Deborah Persaud, M.D. from Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, the University of Mississippi Medical Center and the University of Massachusetts Medical School describe the first case of a so-called “functional c

Across the Guianas, there have been Chinese immigrants since the 1830s. They were orginally brought in as labourers (or Coolies), and even today in Guyana they make up 0.2% of the population.

It's been a curious relationship with the locals. In French Guiana,

Guyana Cultural Association of New York Inc. Newsletter - Children's Costume Parade - February 28, 2013 Vol.3 Issue 2

Deborah Persaud was born on August 23, 1960 in Guyana, South America.

She left Guyana at the age of 16 and moved to Brooklyn, NY in the Bushwick neighborhood with her mother and three siblings. After completing high school she attended York College (CUNY) where she obtained a BA in Education.

Sir Richard Edmonds Luyt, DCM (1915–1994) was the colonial Governor of British Guiana in 1964-66. He installed Forbes Burnham of the People's National Congress (PNC) as premier of a coalition government with a small business-oriented conservative party in 1964; however, the People's Progressive Party (PPP) came first in the election.

Advertising posted in Guyana Graphic Newspaper in January 1966.

These were popular institutions of that era.

The cost of going to the cinema was
Stalls (aka pit) - $0.40
House - $0.90
Balcony - $1.50
Box - $1.75

Guyana Goldfields (GUY-T) has been on something of a tear since January after it revised, and vastly improved, a prefeasibility study of its Aurora project.

Guyana lies in far northeast South America. Its northern shore faces the Atlantic Ocean. The small country shares a border with Venezuela to the west and Suriname to the east. Brazil sits to the south. Guyana is the only South American country where English is the official language. The coastal belt stretches 270 miles along the ocean, and features a pristine beach and ecosystem.