Category: Expert Travel Advice

Guest articles and travel tips.

5 Reasons Why Travel Safety is the New Cool

To celebrate the launch of his book The Travel Survival Guide, our go-to guy on all matters of travel safety, Lloyd Figgins gives us five reasons why travel safety is the new cool. Over to you Lloyd:

There was a time when people would glaze over when I told them what I did for a living. Being a Security Expert for people travelling overseas was tantamount to being the fun police. Nowadays however, I have seen a remarkable turnaround. I’ve even been asked if my work is like being James Bond. Well, it’s not quite Bond, but it can be exciting and I am responsible for keeping people safe when they travel to some of the most interesting places on the planet, which makes it very rewarding. So why is travel safety becoming so chic? Continue reading 5 Reasons Why Travel Safety is the New Cool

5 top animal guests on the Royal Institution’s Christmas Lectures, by Helen Scales

The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures are perhaps best known for the noisy, messy physics and chemistry experiments, performed to demonstrate aspects of cutting edge-science in front of an eager, young audience. In years when the lecturer’s chosen subject is biology – in particular the science of the natural world – these demonstrations often take on a distinctly wilder tone, as menageries of living animals are welcomed into the RI’s world famous lecture theatre.
I delved into the last century of the RI’s biological Christmas Lectures for my book 11 Explorations into Life on Earth, and here’s my pick of the most delightful, intriguing and tricky animal assistants. Continue reading 5 top animal guests on the Royal Institution’s Christmas Lectures, by Helen Scales

How to Land a Plane by Mark Vanhoenacker

Pilot and author, Mark Vanhoenacker has just had his second book, How to Land a Plane, published. It’s a short, light-hearted but informative look at how planes stay up in the air, how they’re controlled, and how, exactly, they’re returned to the surface of their home planet.

Like us, Mark is a big fan of globes. Here, Mark tells us a bit about his new book and exactly why globes are so important to him:

Continue reading How to Land a Plane by Mark Vanhoenacker

5 reasons why small hills are better than big mountains by Phoebe Smith

As Phoebe Smith’s new book comes out celebrating Britain’s little pint-size peaks, she tells us why sometimes when hiking, it’s all about the little things… Continue reading 5 reasons why small hills are better than big mountains by Phoebe Smith

Five reasons to climb trees by Jack Cooke

What better way to explore the city than through its canopy of trees? Jack Cook, author of The Tree Climber’s Guide tells us why we should leave terra firma every now and then and take to the trees: Continue reading Five reasons to climb trees by Jack Cooke

Tips for street art hunters by Ed Bartlett

The beauty of street art is how it can come into your day completely unexpectedly – you may be walking to work, running, or sat on a bus, alone or with friends, happy or sad, listening to music or in silence. But what if you want to actively seek it out? Here are a few tips for the avid street art hunter by the author of Lonely Planet Street Art, Ed Bartlett. Continue reading Tips for street art hunters by Ed Bartlett

Get outdoors with the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)

Now is the perfect time to see Britain in bloom and the world around us being reborn. 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.

This month, why not try one of the following Discovering Britain walks: Continue reading Get outdoors with the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)