Issue 499

January / February 2017 - "Brothers and Sisters: three decades of change in an African village"

• GUIDE TO THIS MONTH'S ARTICLES - January / February 2017

From this month's magazine:

• The End of the Journey

• Then and now

• Talking to the new village Chief

• The Problems with Charity

• Short stories from around the world: 2016

From the web this month:

• The dark New Year for the people of Gaza

• Small bees, big effects

From the blogs this month:

• Looking at Rio's favelas

READY LESSONS this month:

• SHORT NEWS STORIES FROM 2016 - a 1.5 hr lesson for Upper Intermediate groups: reading, speaking and grammar (passives)