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Free Badiani Ice Cream with ‘You Deserve Good Gelato’ by Kacie Rose

You may have seen her hilarious TikTok videos about the everyday culture shocks of being an American living in Italy, now Kacie Rose has collated her experiences into a new book; You Deserve Good Gelato.

To celebrate the launch we’ve teamed up with DK and our neighbours Badiani for a delicious collaboration.

Visit Stanfords Covent Garden Store and get a FREE Badiani gelato voucher with your purchase of You Deserve Good Gelato between 28th May – 4th June

– 10% discounted gelato when you take your copy of You Deserve Good Gelato to any Badiani store across the UK from 28th May – 4th June.

Stanfords Staff Selects: Books for Earth Day

To commemorate Earth Day, seven members of our Stanfords team have picked one thought-provoking book that celebrates the environmental global movement and highlights the importance of protecting our planet.

Faye picked:

The Joyful Environmentalist

by Isabel Losada

£12.99

“This book was immensely liberating for me. It was the first time I felt like knowledge is power. I am excited to spread the word of Isabel Losada.”

Lake District Guides and Maps

Friday 13th August marks 70 years of the Lake District National Park as it was founded in 1951.

Home to Scafell Pike, the highest mountain in England, the Lake District is steeped in history and a popular holiday destination for anyone who enjoys the great outdoors . It is the perfect place to enjoy scenic walks, visit market towns such as Kendal, Ambleside and Keswick, swim in the famous lakes and tarns, go fell-running and Wainwright hill-bagging, to name just a few things this magnificent National Park and World Heritage Site has to offer.

If you love the Lake District or are planning to visit, here are some of our favourite guides and maps:

Around the World in 80 Plants by Jonathan Drori

In his follow-up to the bestselling Around the World in 80 Trees, Jonathan Drori takes another trip across the globe, bringing to life the science of plants by revealing how their worlds are intricately entwined with our own history, culture and folklore. From the seemingly familiar tomato and dandelion to the eerie mandrake and Spanish ‘moss’ of Louisiana, each of these stories is full of surprises. Some have a troubling past, while others have ignited human creativity or enabled whole civilizations to flourish. With a colourful cast of characters all brought to life by illustrator Lucille Clerc, Around the World in 80 Plants is a botanical journey of beauty and brilliance.

Here Jonathan Drori gives us an insight into a few of the plants that feature in his book:

Stanfords Selects: Quiz Books

Whether you’re planning a Zoom quiz night for friends, looking to while away a cold winter’s day with travel trivia or want to brush up on your geographical knowledge we have lots of great quiz books that will challenge your mind and guarantee you’ll be in great demand to be the geography buff on pub quiz teams (when pubs finally open up again).

Watch the 2021 Stanfords Travel Writers Festival

Ordinarily 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.

National Tree Week

Today marks the beginning of National Tree week. These last few months have seen a lot of us exploring outside more and getting to know our local trees while on walks.

Here are our recommendations for tree lovers:

Emily Ketteringham to paint mural at Stanfords Bristol to celebrate Robert Macfarlane’s ‘Underland’

We are excited to announce the commissioning of local artist Emily Ketteringham to paint a large scale mural on our store window at Stanfords Bristol to celebrate the launch of author Robert Macfarlane’s new book Underland.

Underland is the highly anticipated new book from the internationally bestselling, prizewinning author of Landmarks, The Lost Words and The Old Ways. The mural will be based on the cover of the book which is a piece of art by Stanley Donwood, who has previously worked with Glastonbury festival and designed Radiohead’s album cover art.

Come and meet Fangs McGraw at Stanfords Bristol

Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Appeal, the Bristol Children’s Hospital charity, has revealed its sixty-plus sculptures of Academy Award®-winning characters Wallace, Gromit and Feathers McGraw around Bristol and its surrounding area. Continue reading Come and meet Fangs McGraw at Stanfords Bristol

Hedgehog Awareness Week

6th – 12th May is Hedgehog Awareness Week and to mark it, Pam Ayres has written a poignant farewell from ‘the last hedgehog left on earth.’ Continue reading Hedgehog Awareness Week