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A Passage to India - E M Forster
Author: Peter Whitfield
Date: 10 March 2008
Here, in an excerpt from his A Universe of Books, Dr Peter Whitfield provides an intriguing insight as to why A Passage to India was to be the last novel written by the tormented British author, E M Forster…
An Everest Anniversary - Searching for Ghosts
Author: Alex Stewart
Date: 1 September 2003
Fifty years ago, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were about to achieve what no other man had yet achieved: reach the summit of the highest mountain on earth. Before this, many tried with no luck.
Bradt travel guides and how they began
Author: Hilary Bradt
Date: 1 January 2002
We have all come to know Bradt Guides as a publisher of guides to exotic and out-of-the-way destinations. But being exotic isn't Bradt Guides' criterium in choosing their new titles. Nor is their aim to...
Author: Peter Whitfield
Date: 3 January 2008
In a fascinating excerpt from his book, A Universe of Books, Peter Whitfield looks at Marco Polo’s intrepid travels that, in the 13th century, introduced the West to the delights of the East...
Date: 1 December 2001
The National Geographic Society, the world's largest non-profit scientific and educational organisation, was founded in 1888 'for the increase and diffusion of geographic knowledge'. Since then...
Stephen Fry in America - the introduction
Author: Stephen Fry
Date: 24 September 2008
Here, Stephen Fry gives us an entertaining introduction to the motives behind his exploration of America for his latest TV series and book - Stephen Fry in America: "I was so nearly an American. It was that close..."
Date: 26 February 2007
Leisure walking goes back a long time in Britain and the Ramblers' Association, founded in 1935 but with roots in the 19th century, has played a fundamental part in the fight for the freedom to roam...
What Stephen Fry did and saw in America
Author: Stephen Fry
Date: 24 September 2008
Stephen Fry, the much-loved comedian, actor and writer, embarked on an epic journey across America for his latest TV series and book - Stephen Fry in America. Here is his list of some of the things he got up to in every state of the USA
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