Alev Scott’s odyssey began when she looked beyond Turkey’s borders for contemporary traces of the Ottoman Empire. Continue reading Ottoman Odyssey: Travels through a Lost Empire: Stanfords Travel Writers Festival
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Cycling with a Rescued Street Dog: Stanfords Travel Writers Festival 2019
Ishbel Holmes was determined to cycle the world but her journey took a completely unexpected turn when she rescued a street dog in Turkey. Continue reading Cycling with a Rescued Street Dog: Stanfords Travel Writers Festival 2019
Around the World in 80 Trees: Stanfords Travel Writers Festival 2019
Calling all nature lovers. Join us as Jonathan Drori talks about his new book Around the World in 80 Trees. From India’s sacred banyan to the fragrant cedar of Lebanon, they offer us sanctuary and inspiration – not to mention the raw materials for everything from aspirin to maple syrup. Continue reading Around the World in 80 Trees: Stanfords Travel Writers Festival 2019
Running Britain with Sean Conway: Stanfords Travel Writers Festival 2019
Sean Conway talks to Phoebe Smith about the third and final leg in the world’s first length of Britain Triathlon. Having already cycled and swum the length of Britain, Sean completed his trilogy by running all the way from John O’Groats to Land’s End entirely unsupported. Continue reading Running Britain with Sean Conway: Stanfords Travel Writers Festival 2019
Travel Safety: Stanfords Travel Writers Festival 2019
Lloyd Figgins, travel risk expert & author of the The Travel Survival Guide offers up-to-date, no-nonsense, practical advice on how to prepare for a trip, recognise warning signs, avoid potential hazards and cope with emergencies should they occur. Continue reading Travel Safety: Stanfords Travel Writers Festival 2019
Levison Wood in Conversation with Paul Blezard: Stanfords Travel Writers Festival 2019
Levison Wood talks to Paul Blezard about his life as an adventurer and his latest book Arabia. Continue reading Levison Wood in Conversation with Paul Blezard: Stanfords Travel Writers Festival 2019
Reading the Landscape: Stanfords Travel Writers Festival 2019
Achieve a level of outdoor awareness that will enable you to understand the landscape around you. Tristan Gooley shows how it is possible to sense direction from stars and plants, forecast weather from woodland sounds and predict the next action of an animal from its body language – instantly. Mary-Ann Ochota shares her archaeological expertise to reveal the historic features you can spot in the countryside around you – from Bronze Age burial mounds to turnpiked toll roads. Continue reading Reading the Landscape: Stanfords Travel Writers Festival 2019
Sir Don McCullin in Conversation: Stanfords Travel Writers Festival 2019
Just ahead of his retrospective exhibition at the Tate Britain Sir Don McCullin talks to Julia Wheeler about his highly celebrated career as a war photographer spanning six decades. Continue reading Sir Don McCullin in Conversation: Stanfords Travel Writers Festival 2019
Paddling Britain and Beyond with Lizzie Carr: Stanfords Travel Writers Festival 2019
In 2016 Lizzie Carr became the first person to paddle board the entire length of Britain’s waterways. In 2017 she became the first woman to paddle board solo across the English Channel. In 2018 she became the first person to paddle board the entire length of the Hudson River. She combined her paddle boarding with raising awareness of plastic pollution. Continue reading Paddling Britain and Beyond with Lizzie Carr: Stanfords Travel Writers Festival 2019
Ed Gorman in Conversation with John McCarthy: Stanfords Travel Writers Festival 2019
Ed Gorman talks to John McCarthy about his career as a journalist covering conflicts in Northern Ireland, the Gulf, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, the Balkans and Afghanistan. Looking at how these experiences can completely change your life, they will also be talking about Ed’s book Death of a Translator which is a searingly honest description of a mind haunted and eventually paralysed by the terror of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Continue reading Ed Gorman in Conversation with John McCarthy: Stanfords Travel Writers Festival 2019