Descent 297 includes the annual report by the British Cave Rescue Council, summarising the underground incidents from 2023. In the photo: Devon CRO training in Great Rock Mine, Devon, by Craig Holdstock. https://www.descentmagazine.co.uk/shop/descent-297-april-2024/

Mark Richardson reports on a breakthrough in Derbyshire's Rowter Hole in Descent 297. A tough dig that led to glory! In the photo: Mark Richardson in Unobtainium, a recent discovery in Rowter Hole, by Mark Sims. https://www.descentmagazine.co.uk/shop/descent-297-april-2024/

In Descent 297, Chris Scaife writes a first-hand account of the discovery of a fantastic river passage on the Benarat 2024 expedition to Gunung Mulu National Park, Malaysia. In the photo: Tim Allen, Will Yu-Pearson and Chris Scaife in Serendipity River Passage, by Mark Burkey...

Descent 297 is now available, from caving suppliers or from our website: https://www.descentmagazine.co.uk/shop/descent-297-april-2024/ Cover: Loz Appleby and Stuart Weston in Peaches and Popcorn, Moon Cave, Mulu. Photo: Mark Burkey Serendipity The Benarat 2024 expedition had several...

For clarification, issue 297 was quite unusual in that the amount of time between the previous submission deadline and the deadline for this one was much shorter than normal, so — as expected — there was a relatively small amount of regional news. News of exploration in Britain and Ireland is...

I have been trying out Petzl's latest caving helmet, the Boreo Caving, and ultra-bright lamp, the Duo RL. You can read my review in Descent 296. In the photo: Chris Scaife wearing the Petzl Boreo Caving and Duo RL in Cobweb Cave, Mulu, by Mark Burkey...

In Descent 296, John Gunn presents the results of extensive water tracing experiments in the Eyam-Stoney Middleton area of the Peak District. In the photo: Joe Buck with the rhodamine injection in the Stoney Middleton Master Cave, by Rob Eavis...

Our Scotland correspondent, Alan Jeffreys, writes about the caving regions north of the border in Descent 296. In the photo: Toby Speight in Cave Of True Wonders, Applecross, by Martyn Farr. https://www.descentmagazine.co.uk/shop/descent-296-february-2024/

November's Mulu Caves 2023 expedition team found some big cave passages and carried out some important scientific work, as described by Colin Boothroyd in Descent 296. In the photo: Paulina Biela and Max Koether on a research trip in Easter Cave, by Bartek Biela...

In Descent 296, which features eight extra pages, Jason Mallinson gives a gripping first hand account of a record-breaking cave dive in Pozo Azul, northern Spain. In the photo: Divers about to enter Pozo Azul, by Pedro González. https://www.descentmagazine.co.uk/shop/descent-296-february-2024/

Hi Harry, The date hasn't been on the cover for a long time (from a quick look through back issues, I think the last one to feature the date on the cover was Descent 142 - June/July 1998) and this has just been something we have kept the same. However, your suggestion seems quite popular so...

It's publication week for Descent 296, so subscribers and stockists will receive their copies soon. If you want to subscribe, or buy individual copies, you can head to our website: https://www.descentmagazine.co.uk/ Having just come back from expedition jetlagged and pushed for time, I thought...

In Descent 295, Graham Proudlove gives a fascinating summary of the world's underground fishes. In the photo: Astyanax jordani, showing typical troglomorphisms, by McLean Worsham.

After receiving many valid answers for our quiz in Descent 294, we have now held the draw to decide the winner of the Petzl Duffel 85 transport bag. Congratulations, Craig! https://www.facebook.com/reel/666121405420160

In Descent 295, Ioan Lord tells the story of the discovery of two large, intact, underground waterwheels at an old lead mine in Ceredigion, mid-Wales. In the photo: Ioan Lord beside the superb wooden Pumping Waterwheel, discovered on 17 March 2023, photo by Tomasz Zalewski...

After four years, Hidden Earth is back. You can read about this year's hugely successful event in Descent 295, in an article by Chris Howes and Alan Jeffreys. In the photo: SRT participants, the survey salon and the Wild Places stall in the trade hall, by Chris Howes...

Descent 295 has an official publication date of 2 December and you can now place orders on our website. Subscribers should receive their copies over the next few days. https://www.descentmagazine.co.uk/ Cover: Diana Hierro Zapico in Cueva Mur, Cantabria, Spain. Photo: Paul ‘Beardy’ Swire...

In its 54 years of entertaining and educating the underground world, Descent has undergone many changes in appearance. Issue 294 introduced a new style to the magazine, so it was a fitting time for our editor Chris Scaife to look at some of the different cover designs over the years...

In the latest issue of Descent, Simon Brooks reports on some big discoveries in Meghalaya, India's 'Abode of the Clouds'. In the photo: Loz Appleby and Marie-Jose Gilbert in Retdung Khur, by Bill Nix. https://www.descentmagazine.co.uk/shop/descent-294-october-2023/

It is a huge relief to see that most subscribers seem to be receiving their copies of Descent now. As you can probably imagine, we have had quite a hectic time recently, trying to chase this up, but it seems that Royal Mail had simply misplaced the order. We hope you were all able to sit back...