Back for the 2nd time at the 2018 Stanfords Travel Writers Festival, Presenter and author Julia Bradbury talks to Julia Wheeler about how important access to the great outdoors is to life, whether you are a keen hill walker or a Sunday stroller, however fit or unfit, with equal opportunities for all. Continue reading Julia Bradbury: Stanfords Travel Writers Festival 2018 (Saturday 3rd February)
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Leon McCarron: Stanfords Travel Writers Festival 2018
Kicking off day three of the Stanfords Travel Writers Festival, Leon McCarron talks to Paul Blezard about his latest book The Land Beyond.
There are many reasons why it might seem unwise to walk, mostly alone, through the Middle East. That, in part, is exactly why Leon McCarron did it. McCarron followed a series of wild hiking trails that trace ancient trading and pilgrimage routes and traverse some of the most contested landscapes in the world.
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Patrick Barkham: Stanfords Travel Writers Festival 2018
The British Isles are an archipelago made up of two large islands and 6,289 smaller ones. In his book Islanders, Patrick Barkham explored some of the most beautiful landscapes in the British Isles. Meeting all kinds of islanders, he discovered what it is like to live on a small island, and what it means to be an islander. Continue reading Patrick Barkham: Stanfords Travel Writers Festival 2018
Megan Hine: Stanfords Travel Writers Festival 2018
Drawing on her vast wealth of survival experiences around the world Megan Hine talks to Julia Wheeler at the Stanfords Travel Writers Festival about her book Mind of a Survivor. Continue reading Megan Hine: Stanfords Travel Writers Festival 2018
Tim Moore: Stanfords Travel Writers Festival 2018
Tim Moore tackled the 9,000km route of the old Iron Curtain on a tiny-wheeled, two-geared East German shopping bike. Talking to Paul Blezard, Moore reflects on the curdling of the Communist dream, and the memories of a Cold War generation reared on the fear of apocalypse – at a time of ratcheting East-West tension. After three months, 20 countries and a 58-degree jaunt up the centigrade scale, man and bike finally wobble up to a Black Sea beach in Bulgaria, older and wiser, but mainly older. Continue reading Tim Moore: Stanfords Travel Writers Festival 2018
Travelling Solo: Stanfords Travel Writers Festival 2018
As more and more people choose to venture far and wide on their own, our panel of experts, Hilary Bradt, Lloyd Figgins and Phoebe Smith talk to Julia Wheeler about how this is in fact a more advantageous way to travel. They also look at the logistical details of how you can stay safe and prepare. You may never want to travel with company again.
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200 Amazing Places: Stanfords Travel Writers Festival 2018
The editors of the award winning The Sunday Times Travel Magazine talk to Hilary Bradt about their favourite destinations including some well-known and others under-the-radar. They also share some of their secrets for how to do those places cheaper, quieter and smarter than the average holiday-maker. Continue reading 200 Amazing Places: Stanfords Travel Writers Festival 2018
Charley Boorman: Stanfords Travel Writers Festival 2018
In February 2016, motorcycle adventurer Charley Boorman suffered a major road traffic accident in Portugal. Having spent the better part of his life on some form of motorbike, his world came crashing down and it was unclear if he would ever walk properly again, let alone ride a motorbike. Here, Charley talks to Paul Belzard about his latest book Long Way Back, recounts his adventures and shares his journey back to recovery. Continue reading Charley Boorman: Stanfords Travel Writers Festival 2018
Antonia Bolingbroke-Kent: Stanfords Travel Writers Festival 2018
Antonia Bolingbroke-Kent talks to Julia Wheeler about her latest book Land of the Dawn-lit Mountains.
A mountainous state clinging to the far north-eastern corner of India, Arunachal Pradesh is one of the world’s least explored places. Travelling some 2,000 miles, Antonia encounters shamans, lamas, hunters, opium farmers, fantastic tribal festivals and little-known stories from the Second World War. In the process, she discovers a world and a way of living that are on the cusp of changing forever. Continue reading Antonia Bolingbroke-Kent: Stanfords Travel Writers Festival 2018
Mark Beaumont: Stanfords Travel Writers Festival 2018
Mark Beaumont talks to Tobias Mews about his most incredible endurance test to date. On the 18th September 2017 Mark circumnavigating the globe in 78 days, 14 hours and 40 minutes, travelling 18 032 miles through 16 countries and breaking 2 official Guinness World Records. No stranger to epic cycle rides, he has written books about his previous solo expeditions and shares his experiences with us on the Stanfords Travel Writers Festival stage. Continue reading Mark Beaumont: Stanfords Travel Writers Festival 2018