Our floor manager Lizzie has selected her favourite fiction from 2017 so far. Continue reading Stanfords Staff Selects
NEW MAP: South Georgia and the Shackleton Crossing
The cartographers at British Antarctic Survey (BAS) have re-produced a high-resolution updated map of the sub-antarctic island of South Georgia. The island, situated at 37°W 54°10’S is a haven for wildlife, a centre for wildlife and fisheries research and famous for the epic voyage by Sir Ernest Shackleton and his men in May 1916. Continue reading NEW MAP: South Georgia and the Shackleton Crossing
Journey of a Lifetime Award
Are you passionate about radio and storytelling? Are you excited about finding new ways to tell original stories in sound? Are you itching to explore and understand the world around you? Continue reading Journey of a Lifetime Award
Stanfords Staff Selects
“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” –Dr Seuss
As it’s holiday season, we thought we’d offer a few recommendations that will take you places: Continue reading Stanfords Staff Selects
Where Poppies Blow by John Lewis-Stempel wins Wainwright Prize
He’s done it again. John Lewis-Stempel has won the Wainwright Golden Beer Book Prize with his book Where Poppies Blow. Chronicling the relationship between man and nature during the Great War, this win is particularly poignant as this week is the centenary anniversary of the battle of Passchendaele. Lewis-Stempel is no stranger to winning this award having picked up the prize in 2015 with Meadowland.
The winner was announced this afternoon at the BBC Countryfile Live at Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire.
For the full shortlist see here.
Mappy Monday: Earth from Space
This is a favourite new addition to our galaxy of globes (yes, we decided that the collective noun for globes is a galaxy).
Using NASA satellite images of Earth from space, this inflatable globe is unlike the physical and political globes we are used to seeing. Just look at the swirling atmospheric cloud cover. Continue reading Mappy Monday: Earth from Space
Our five favourite Moon products for Moon Day
“One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”
On this day in 1969, Neil Armstrong uttered those words as he and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to set foot on the moon following the landing of Apollo 11. Here are our top 5 moon products: Continue reading Our five favourite Moon products for Moon Day
Show some love for the Lake District
On 8th July, the Lake District was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. We thought we would celebrate by looking at some of our favourite maps, books and guides from the region. Continue reading Show some love for the Lake District
Five ways to love the Arctic by David Bellamy
Watercolour artist and author David Bellamy has always loved exploring the world’s wildest places. In his latest book David Bellamy’s Arctic Light he tells the story of several extraordinary expeditions. Here he shares with us, five ways to love the Arctic. Continue reading Five ways to love the Arctic by David Bellamy
Five reasons to climb trees by Jack Cooke
What better way to explore the city than through its canopy of trees? Jack Cook, author of The Tree Climber’s Guide tells us why we should leave terra firma every now and then and take to the trees: Continue reading Five reasons to climb trees by Jack Cooke