To kick things off, Monisha Rajesh, author of Around India in 80 Trains, and Julian Holland, author of Railway Days Out are talking trains – comparing their top three rail journeys in the UK and India. Continue reading Talking Trains: Monisha Rajesh and Julian Holland
Author: Dan Lewis
Wainwright Prize Longlist in Pictures
We’re not saying you should ever judge a book by its cover – but here are some of the beautifully designed jackets for the books making this year’s Wainwright Prize longlist.
The longlist in full
Britannia Obscura: Mapping Hidden Britain by Joanne Parker (Vintage, Penguin Random House)
Claxton: Field Notes from a Small Planet by Mark Cocker (Vintage, Penguin Random House)
Counting Sheep by Philip Walling (Profile)
H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald (Vintage, Penguin Random House)
Meadowland by John Lewis-Stempel (Transworld Publishers)
On Silbury Hill by Adam Thorpe (Little Toller Books)
Rising Ground: A Search for the Spirit of Place by Philip Marsden (Granta Publications)
Running Free: A Runner’s Journey Back to Nature by Richard Askwith (Vintage/Yellow Jersey, Penguin Random House)
The Ash Tree by Oliver Rackham (Little Toller Books)
The Moor by William Atkins (Faber & Faber)
The Walker’s Guide to Outdoor Clues and Signs by Tristan Gooley (Hodder & Stoughton)
Walking Home by Clare Balding (Penguin Books)
The shortlist will be announced on 26th March and the winner will be announced at a ceremony on 22nd April.