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Travel Books of the Year 2012. Twelve that caught my eye this year. Thu 27 Dec 2012 [More...]
New Eyes. Marcel Proust, travel writer. Thu 27 Sep 2012 [More...]
Come With Me. How one word of Jan Morris makes all the difference. Sat 30 Jun 2012 [More...]
Walking Books. Ten travelogues by dedicated walkers. Thu 10 May 2012 [More...]
'Everyone here dreams of the day we can sing out of our windows in despair'. Ma Jian's 2001 travel book Red Dust. Thu 3 May 2012 [More...]
Freedom Rides Again. On the trail of the 1961 campaigners against bus segregation in the United States. Sat 14 Apr 2012 [More...]
Travel Books of the Year 2011. New publications that caught my eye during 2011. Sat 31 Dec 2011 [More...]
Experimental Travel Writing. Ten travel books that push the boundaries. Fri 2 Dec 2011 [More...]
He Looked Like a Tapir. In the tracks of Colonel Fawcett. Thu 23 Jun 2011 [More...]
A Diploma and a Chevrolet. Zora Neale Hurston's Mules and Men revisited. Fri 10 Jun 2011 [More...]
Staying Put. Sometimes travel writers let other people do the travelling, and just watch. Mon 30 May 2011 [More...]
Beware of Crocodiles. Why it took Calum MacLeod more than ten years to drive home. Thu 12 May 2011 [More...]
Travel Books of the Year 2010. New publications that caught my eye during 2010. Fri 31 Dec 2010 [More...]
Multi-spectral imaging, I presume. New techniques have helped scholars recover some of David Livingstone's last surviving writings. Sat 2 Oct 2010 [More...]
Travel Books of the Year 2009. A selection of some of the more intriguing travel narratives published during 2009. Sun 29 Nov 2009 [More...]
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