Tag: Stanfords Staff Selects

Our 7 Favourite Bridges in Great Britain

Bridges are amazing. They get you from one side to another and keep your feet dry. At Stanfords we’ve spent many a lunch break weighing up the merits of a footbridge against those of a toll. So after much deliberation, allow us to present our favourite British bridges and where to find them.

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5 Book Recommendations for Mothers’ Day

It’s probably down to wonderful parenting that you’ve become the well read, adventurous soul you are today. We know you’ve been brought up well enough to not need reminding that this Sunday is Mothers’ Day, but we thought we’d give you some suggestions anyway. Our Marketing Manager, Jude Brosnan has selected five books from our Be More Adventuress promotion that your mum might like. Continue reading 5 Book Recommendations for Mothers’ Day

We’ve been there // Yucatan

The Yucatan peninsular is an amazingly flat spur of land from the south east coast of Mexico. It comprises the entire country of Belize  together with three Mexican States; Quintana Roo, Yucatan and Campeche. That meteor fell 65 million years ago off its coast, in the Gulf of Mexico, which wiped out the dinosaurs. I will come back to that later. Continue reading We’ve been there // Yucatan

Stanfords Staff Selects – Top 5 Bouldering Books

This week our in-house climbing expert and Ground Floor Supervisor George Woodward ( that’s him climbing Rose Coronary (7a) at Malham Cove in Yorkshire) takes us through five of the best bouldering guides.  

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Stanfords Staff Selects -Worlds Elsewhere: Journeys Around Shakespeare’s Globe by Andrew Dickson

Last month there was a lot of talk about Shakespeare with it being the 400th anniversary of his death. We didn’t want to go cold turkey and have the month of May be completely Shakespeare free, so here is a Bard fix in the form of a book review. Continue reading Stanfords Staff Selects -Worlds Elsewhere: Journeys Around Shakespeare’s Globe by Andrew Dickson