From the origins of urbanisation in Mesopotamia to the global metropolises of today, celebrated historian John Julius Norwich shares stories with Paul Blezard about some of the great cities in history, through the words of some of the greatest authors of our time. Continue reading John Julius Norwich, The Great Cities of History // Stanfords Travel Writers Festival
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Michael Palin, in conversation // Stanfords Travel Writers Festival
Michael Palin welcomes the audience by saying; “Why aren’t you all out travelling?”
Stanfords is delighted to welcome broadcaster, author and actor Michael Palin to the Stanfords Travel Writers Festival as he shares stories from a life spent travelling to work, with Julia Wheeler. Continue reading Michael Palin, in conversation // Stanfords Travel Writers Festival
Nicholas Jubber, The Timbuktu School for Nomads // Stanfords Travel Writers Festival
Award-Winning Author & Travel Writer Nicholas Jubber set out to follow in the footsteps of Leo Africanus, the 16th-century traveller, crossing the forgotten places of North Africa, scarred by terrorist occupation, toward the legendary Timbuktu. Continue reading Nicholas Jubber, The Timbuktu School for Nomads // Stanfords Travel Writers Festival
Simon Reeve, in conversation // Stanfords Travel Writers Festival Day 1
TV presenter and New York Times Bestselling Author Simon Reeve returns to Stanfords Travel Writers Festival to share tales from more than 110 countries he has travelled to making programmes for the BBC, including his new series, due to air this spring. Paul Blezard chairs. Continue reading Simon Reeve, in conversation // Stanfords Travel Writers Festival Day 1
Levison Wood, Walking the Americas// Stanfords Travel Writers Festival
Kicking off this year’s Stanfords Travel Writers Festival, Levison Wood returns for a third year, this time, hot-footed from his latest adventures Walking the Americas, as seen on Channel 4.
He talks about his friendship with Alberto, the level of planning that goes into a walk and the added elements that making a documentary add to a expedition. Find out what his essential piece of kit is and how on earth he gets travel insurance.
“What makes these journeys special is that you don’t know what is going to happen.”