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This August has seen us celebrating Women in Translation month, an entire month dedicated to great literature written by and translated by women. To help round off this celebration, we’ve enlisted the help of Bristol-based translator, Polly Barton.
Continue reading Writers in the Hot Seat: Polly BartonAcclaimed travel writer Nick Hunt joins Peter from Stanfords Bristol to talk about his latest book and the Stanfords Book of the Month for June 2021, Outlandish: Walking Europe’s Unlikely Landscapes.
Arctic tundra in Scotland, jungle in Poland, desert in Spain and steppe in Hungary: places acting as portals in time and space. These are landscapes brimming with story, mystery and a sense of deep history. But they also offer us glimpses of a world not yet here, one perhaps just around the corner.
Here are 10 book recommendations from staff at Stanfords to celebrate Pride Month:
Conundrum by Jan Morris
As one of Britain’s best and most-loved travel writers, Jan Morris has led an extraordinary life. Perhaps her most remarkable work is this grippingly honest account of her ten-year transition from man to woman – its pains and joys, its frustrations and discoveries.
Continue reading 10 Pride Month book recommendationsThe Society’s remarkable exhibition of aerial photographs, Britain from the Air, is now on display in Nottingham city centre. The free exhibition forms part of a wider initiative by the Society to engage the public with the UK’s places, environments and people. Brecon Beacons, Wales. Credit: Adrian Warren and Dae Sasitorn
Continue reading Britain from the Air exhibition opens in Nottingham
The festive season is the perfect time to walk across crisp fields and explore frosty cities. Discovering Britain, the Society’s series of geographically-themed walks, trails and viewpoints, includes plenty of routes that show off the best of the season. Photo credit: William Alexander Continue reading Winter walks with the RGS (with IBG)
The programme of events for the spring season at the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) is now available to view online. Continue reading Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) winter and spring events
Chris Stewart, author of the bestselling Driving Over Lemons, introduces Chasing Hornbills, a new book by Simon Fenton. Chasing Hornbills charts the further adventures of a Brit in Senegal as he continues to face the everyday frustrations and exhilarations that made his first book, Squirting Milk at Chameleons such a compelling and entertaining read.
Continue reading Chris Stewart introduces Chasing Hornbills
In his second language hacking post, author of Fluent in 3 Months Benny Lewis shares a top tip for nailing vocab. Continue reading Language Hacking: Mnemonics
In Benny Lewis’ last language hacking post for us he reminds us that the similarities between apparently different languages can be helpful clues. Continue reading Language Hacking: Cognates
In the first of three posts, language hacker and author of Fluent in 3 Months Benny Lewis explains how getting things wrong means you’re getting better. Continue reading Language Hacking: Embrace Mistakes
