Lucy Wright takes a look at four books best served chilled… Continue reading 4 great books to read during a heatwave
Mappy Monday- Art Deco London Map

This new map from Blue Crow Media features London’s finest Art Deco buildings including lots of Piccadilly line tube stations, Battersea Power Station, Arsenal Stadium, Brockwell Lido, Hoover Building, The Savoy and The Grampians. Continue reading Mappy Monday- Art Deco London Map
Lunch on the road to Samarkand
Read an extract and enjoy a recipe for spicy meat dolma from the wonderful Samarkand: Recipes & Stories from Central Asia & the Caucasus ahead of our event with the authors. Continue reading Lunch on the road to Samarkand
The Travel News – 3rd June
This week: A festival where people jump over babies, Fish & Chip Day, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles put their lair on AirBnB, World Ocean Day and the world’s longest tunnel. Continue reading The Travel News – 3rd June
Wish we were
In Hawaii, getting some sun. Continue reading Wish we were
The Travel News – 27th May 2016
This week: Cat maps, cheap Eurostar tickets for the laid-back traveller, a moving Swedish city and Dutch floating madness.
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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A view of some loos- Lonely Planet’s Toilets: A Spotter’s Guide
Have you ever been to a different country and found yourself completely baffled by their bathrooms? From toilets in Tokyo with buttons to warm the seat and control water pressure to long-drops in Tanzania, this book covers a lot of loos around the world and even one set for space.
Here are just a few examples from Lonely Planet’s Toilets: A Spotter’s Guide.
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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
Wish we were
In Sicily, or failing that, the Sicily: Culture and Conquest exhibition at The British Museum.