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Stanfords has teamed up with Wilderness Lectures to bring travellers and explorers to venues in Bristol.

The Wilderness Lectures are a winter series of public talks in Bristol; the theme of which is worldwide adventure. The lecturers are well-known explorers, mountaineers, travel writers, TV and adventure sports personalities or anyone who has an epic story to tell and can entertain the audience with a good story. The talks usually include slides and/or film.

Wilderness Lectures tickets are available on the Stanfords website (up to 72 hours before each event) and in-store from the Bristol store, but regrettably not by phone. See the programme guide below for further details. More...

Stanfords have teamed up with Wilderness Lectures who bring travellers and explorers to venues in Bristol.

The Wilderness Lectures are a winter series of public lectures in Bristol, the theme of which is worldwide adventure. The lecturers are well-known explorers, mountaineers, travel writers, TV and adventure sports personalities or anyone who has an epic story to tell and can entertain the audience with a good story. The talks themselves usually including slides and/or film.

The tickets for this season of Wilderness Lectures are available on the Stanfords’ website and from our Bristol store. (up to 72 hours before each event) - see the programme guide below.

Wilderness Lectures Guide Winter 2011-12
Season tickets are no longer available. More...

Author and eco-traveller Dixe Wills cycled to Stanfords in London on Friday lunchtime and set up camp in our store.

He was signing copies of his new book – Tiny Campsites – where he reviews 75 of the best tiny campsites (all an acre or under in size) in Britain, and each of which is guaranteed to give a unique holiday experience.

Guardian travel writer and fervent camper Dixe Wills has travelled through England, Scotland and Wales in search of stunning little places to pitch: on farms, cliff-tops and islands; in woodlands, quarries, orchards and back gardens; and beside pubs, lochs, rivers and museums. More...

A 15-year-old schoolboy was one of many who visited the Stanfords’ store in London one evening in October. Ankit Chandaria (here pictured with Peter Noble of the Royal Photographic Society) was one of those who brought his favourite pictures to the Meet the Experts night - where the judges of the Insight Guides / Independent on Sunday Travel Photography competition offered expert advice to aspiring travel photographers. More...