Further Reading
Richard Burton in Arabia
'His travels to Medina and Mecca make thrilling reading. Attacked by bandits in the Pilgrims Pass on the way to Medina, Burton then had a 36-hour non-stop rush to Medina,...
Richard Burton in Arabia
'His travels to Medina and Mecca make thrilling reading. Attacked by bandits in the Pilgrims Pass on the way to Medina, Burton then had a 36-hour non-stop rush to Medina,...
The Layered Legacy of Captain Cook
On the birthday of Captain Cook, we look back at an article from the archive by our Travel expert (and fount of bibliographic knowledge), Julian Mackenzie, in which he explored...
The Layered Legacy of Captain Cook
On the birthday of Captain Cook, we look back at an article from the archive by our Travel expert (and fount of bibliographic knowledge), Julian Mackenzie, in which he explored...
New Travel Catalogue: Announcement
This route has its origins in the pre-Christian era as a means for China to export silk, precious stones, and other valuables, and later paper and gunpowder, thus changing the...
New Travel Catalogue: Announcement
This route has its origins in the pre-Christian era as a means for China to export silk, precious stones, and other valuables, and later paper and gunpowder, thus changing the...
Money, Money, Money
Two hundred and fifty years ago this year, a group of stock-jobbers, dealers and brokers, and market-makers got together, and the art of speculation was born.
Money, Money, Money
Two hundred and fifty years ago this year, a group of stock-jobbers, dealers and brokers, and market-makers got together, and the art of speculation was born.
The Northwest Frontier
They say that good things come in threes and for booksellers it doesn’t get much better than buying three 19th-century Calcutta-printed books on the Northwest Frontier.
The Northwest Frontier
They say that good things come in threes and for booksellers it doesn’t get much better than buying three 19th-century Calcutta-printed books on the Northwest Frontier.
The Terra Nova Expedition
When we think of Captain Scott and his fateful last journey to the Antarctic, it is inevitable that we see him, his crew, and the continent itself, through the eyes...
The Terra Nova Expedition
When we think of Captain Scott and his fateful last journey to the Antarctic, it is inevitable that we see him, his crew, and the continent itself, through the eyes...
A Tribute to Seamus Heaney
Today we pay tribute to the Nobel Prize-winning poet Seamus Heaney, whose life and work are being in a new BBC Radio 4 series Four Sides of Seamus Heaney, on...
A Tribute to Seamus Heaney
Today we pay tribute to the Nobel Prize-winning poet Seamus Heaney, whose life and work are being in a new BBC Radio 4 series Four Sides of Seamus Heaney, on...
Travels along the Silk Routes
This route has its origins in the pre-Christian era as a means for China to export silk, precious stones, and other valuables, and later paper and gunpowder, thus changing the...
Travels along the Silk Routes
This route has its origins in the pre-Christian era as a means for China to export silk, precious stones, and other valuables, and later paper and gunpowder, thus changing the...
Aurel Stein
The Elgin Marbles, Benin Bronzes, Pharaonic remains, the list of British ‘souvenirs’ from overseas ventures is long and controversial. Amongst the most prolific of these Culture Vultures was Sir Marc...
Aurel Stein
The Elgin Marbles, Benin Bronzes, Pharaonic remains, the list of British ‘souvenirs’ from overseas ventures is long and controversial. Amongst the most prolific of these Culture Vultures was Sir Marc...
Adventures in High Latitudes
Watching the Earth burn and flood as climate change takes hold, with all the devastation and misery it brings to every corner of the world, I was struck by the...
Adventures in High Latitudes
Watching the Earth burn and flood as climate change takes hold, with all the devastation and misery it brings to every corner of the world, I was struck by the...
Invisible Hands and Ghostly Spectators
June 2023 marks the 300th anniversary of the birth of Adam Smith (1723-1790), one of Britain’s greatest political economists and moral philosophers.
Invisible Hands and Ghostly Spectators
June 2023 marks the 300th anniversary of the birth of Adam Smith (1723-1790), one of Britain’s greatest political economists and moral philosophers.
Epic Everest
Seventy years ago on the 29th May two men successfully reached the summit of Everest – Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay.
Epic Everest
Seventy years ago on the 29th May two men successfully reached the summit of Everest – Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay.
Great Explorers: James Bruce
Who would you suppose to be the most renowned traveller of the eighteenth century?
Great Explorers: James Bruce
Who would you suppose to be the most renowned traveller of the eighteenth century?
Looking for Father Christmas: Robert Peary and ...
Through the nineteenth century, interest in the North Polar region was stimulated by various reasons: exploration for a North-West Passage linking the Atlantic and the Pacific, the search for the...
Looking for Father Christmas: Robert Peary and ...
Through the nineteenth century, interest in the North Polar region was stimulated by various reasons: exploration for a North-West Passage linking the Atlantic and the Pacific, the search for the...