One word binds us all: geography. We are all geographers, human beings who care about the places we think of as ‘home’ – our habitat. Continue reading A Brief Guide to the World with Nicholas Crane: Stanfords Travel Writers Festival 2019
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Solo Motorcycle Adventures: Stanfords Travel Writers Festival 2019
Travel writers Antonia Bolingbroke-Kent and Lois Pryce talk to Julia Wheeler about their extensive solo travels by motorbike in many regions all over the world including India’s Arunachal Pradesh, Iran and South America. Continue reading Solo Motorcycle Adventures: Stanfords Travel Writers Festival 2019
Travel Etiquette: Stanfords Travel Writers Festival 2019
When travelling, what is appropriate behaviour when greeting people? Should you offer a handshake, a kiss on the cheek or two kisses? Continue reading Travel Etiquette: Stanfords Travel Writers Festival 2019
Levison Wood in Conversation with Julia Wheeler: Stanfords Travel Writers Festival 2019
Levison Wood talks to Julia Wheeler about his life as an adventurer and his latest book Arabia. Continue reading Levison Wood in Conversation with Julia Wheeler: Stanfords Travel Writers Festival 2019
Ottoman Odyssey: Travels through a Lost Empire: Stanfords Travel Writers Festival
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
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
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
Brewing Beer in the Loire: Stanfords Travel Writers Festival 2019
Micro-breweries are popping up every day making styles of ale that are re-defining beer as a luxury drink, so Tommy decides to start a micro-brewery in his barn in France. Sadly, it turns out 20 years of drinking beer doesn’t qualify you to brew it. Continue reading Brewing Beer in the Loire: Stanfords Travel Writers Festival 2019