Guest articles and travel tips.
Nims Purja is a Nepalese mountaineer who has climbed all 14 of the world’s tallest mountains and recently made history by summiting K2 in winter.
We have signed copies of his book ‘Beyond Possible‘, here he shares some lessons he’s learned along the way:
Continue reading Nims Purja shares 5 important lessonsTo celebrate the launch of Scotland From The Rails, author Benedict le Vay takes us on a wee journey to explain exactly what makes seeing Scotland from the rails such a special experience.
Scotland is, truth be told, a land of railway superlatives. As well as the most scenic line in the world, it offers the most romantic rail journeys in Britain. The highest main-line summits. The longest bridge. The highest railway viaduct. The longest and boldest spans. The greatest manmade wonder, some would add. The most famous railway bridge in the world. The two grandest British main lines (one end of each, that is). The most northernly station in Britain, and the most westerly too. The most successful standard-gauge timetabled steam service. The best railway reopenings and electrification projects. The most complex sleeper operations. Some of the friendliest staff, and the loveliest – and sometimes downright quirky – station buildings. And for icing on the cake, or rather cream on the cranachan, some utterly charming preserved lines, steam centres and luxury excursion trains, which cruise through this magnificent land.
Continue reading Scotland From The RailsOrdinarily the Stanfords team spend the beginning of the year setting up their map clad stage at Destinations: The Holiday & Travel Show at Olympia. For obvious reasons the in person show did not happen this year so we took the show online.
Continue reading Watch the 2021 Stanfords Travel Writers FestivalExtracted from Red Sands by Caroline Eden (Quadrille, £26) Photography © Ola O. Smit and Theodore Kaye.
In the shattered rear-view mirror, the land was pink from the rising sun. The fractured looking glass rendered the desert view, mainly sand dunes, scrub and small hills, broken and repetitive. On the road, between the cities of Bukhara and Khiva – some stretches good, others badly potholed – there was a sense of slowly evaporating, of being dwarfed by the Kyzylkum (‘red sand’) Desert.
Continue reading Red Sands: Reportage and Recipes Through Central Asia, from Hinterland to HeartlandDreaming of your next adventure? Whether you’re looking for festivals and culture, an unforgettable journey, natural wonders, rest and relaxation, or active adventures, Lucy Richards talks to Paul Blezard about the most amazing places in the world and the best time of year to visit them. Discover when to explore Costa Rica’s rainforests, journey into the clouds in Nepal, sail between Croatia’s cypress-clad islands, or gaze at the saw-toothed crags of Canada’s Rocky Mountains.
Continue reading Lucy Richards: Where to Go When: Stanfords Travel Writing Festival 2020John Hudson talks to Paul Blezard about how strategies for life or death situations can help us excel in our everyday lives. Through gripping first-hand accounts of survival stories from across the extreme world you can develop the skills that allow you to make better decisions under pressure, which are as equally applicable to your interactions with colleagues or family, job interviews and public speaking, as to tackling Mount Everest.
Continue reading John Hudson: How to Survive: Stanfords Travel Writers Festival 2020The prospect of travelling with children can be daunting: long flights, unfamiliar food, the absence of the home comforts and helpful grandparents. But more parents are venturing away from all-inclusive resorts with kids’ club entertainment on tap in favour of immersive real-world experiences. In doing so they discover the joys that family travel can bring, and the connections that children can open up around the world. Adrian Phillips talks to the ESTWA award winning writer Dom Tulett and Susannah Cery, founder of online family travel community Our Tribe Travels, to share their experiences of travelling with their children and tips on how to make it work.
Kidding Around: Tales of Travel with Children
Develop your travel writing with a panel of top writers and editors. Learn how to write travel articles and pitch to editors, set up and monetise a travel blog, or just write about your travels for your own pleasure. With Jonathan Lorie (author of The Travel Writer’s Way and director of Travellers’ Tales), Lyn Hughes (editor-in-chief and founder of Wanderlust) and Sarah Lee (award-winning blogger for LiveShareTravel). Suitable for all levels from beginner to semi-professional.
Christopher Somerville talks to Paul Blezard, as he takes us behind the scenes of Britain’s Cathedrals, delving deep into the private life and the uncertain future of these ever-voyaging Ships of Heaven. Nowadays these great stone ships seem solid and unshakeable, but they are leaky old vessels in uncharted waters, tossed on waves of power and glory, scandal and mayhem for a thousand years. Theirs is a thrilling saga of crisis and boldness, of ruin and revival.
Ships Of Heaven: The Private Life of Britain’s Cathedrals by Christopher Somerville.
Kicking off the 2020 Stanfords Travel Writers Festival at Destinations: The Holiday & Travel Show, we welcome our team of experts on Japan. Find out just why you should be visiting there in 2020.
From history, art and cultural quirks, to how to plan your trip, Robin Moul (Be More Japan), Matt Spiller and Kylie Clark tell all to Paul Blezard.
Continue reading Japan 2020: Stanfords Travel Writers Festival 2020
