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Interviews
The Anthony Sattin Interview - Travel and History Writer
Author: James Innes Williams
Date: 10 April 2007
Travelling between Marrakech and the High Atlas mountains in the company of Anthony Sattin, as part of a Travellers' Tales trip, our web editor got the chance to catch up with the distinguished author at the end of the week - finding out how it all began and why he is now teaching.
Author: Douglas Schatz
Date: 1 October 2001
Get a unique insight into Bill Bryson's famous travels and writings with this fascinating and funny interview where our own MD, Douglas Schatz, fired the questions...
The Charlie Connelly Interview
Author: James Innes Williams
Date: 14 February 2007
When Charlie Connelly came to Stanfords recently to sign copies of his hugely successful Attention All Shipping just prior to the launch of his latest book, In Search of Elvis, James Innes Williams...
Author: James Innes Williams
Date: 23 July 2007
Chris Stewart, the drummer from Genesis' first album, is today better known as the funny author behind Driving Over Lemons, A Parrot in the Pepper Tree and The Almond Blossom Appreciation Society. He recently visited Stanfords to give a small talk on how to write travel books.
Author: James Innes Williams
Date: 4 May 2007
Bradt Travel Guides founder Hilary Bradt made the step into retirement earlier this month. Web Editor James Innes Williams caught up with her at the Langham Hotel in London to talk about the journey so far.
Author: Rachel Ricks
Date: 11 October 2007
John Simpson, the renowned BBC world affairs editor,visited Stanfords in London to discuss his new book Not Quite World’s End. John has graced our screens for 40 years in a career that has seen him reporting from the front line in various war-torn parts of the world...
The Jon Lorie Interview - Travellers' Tales Director
Author: James Innes Williams
Date: 5 April 2007
Stanfords often holds events with authors and travel professionals organised by Travellers’ Tales, the travel writing and photography training company. We turn the spotlight on company director Jon Lorie.
The Jonathan Dimbleby Interview
Author: Rachel Ricks
Date: 14 May 2008
For his latest venture, broadcaster and writer Jonathan Dimbleby heads to Russia for a new book and BBC TV series. Dimbleby crosses eight time zones and covers 10,000 miles, from Murmansk in the Arctic Circle to the Asian City of Vladivostok, with the aim of getting under the skin of modern Russia. He was the only British television journalist to interview President Gorbachev during the Cold War, and he returns to Russia for the first time since those days...
The Lyn Hughes Interview - Wanderlust's Editor-in-Chief/Publisher
Author: James Innes Williams
Date: 30 July 2007
Lyn Hughes and her late husband Paul Morrison launched Wanderlust magazine in 1993 having thought out the project on a flight to Ecuador. It has since gone on to become the UK's leading publication...
The Mark Ellingham Interview - Rough Guides' Founder
Author: James Innes Williams
Date: 31 May 2007
Rough Guides are celebrating their 25th anniversary so it seemed like a good time to catch up with founder Mark Ellingham. He began the series with his friends having travelled around Greece in 1981.
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