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An ambulance to Mongolia

Two students approached Stanfords for help with an intrepid journey overland from the UK to Mongolia – by ambulance. How could we refuse?

England - Brighton

Last summer I went to Brighton, with the wholesome intentions of going on many cultural expeditions and walking along the South Downs, saturating myself in the idyllic scenery. Unfortunately I was to...

England - Cotswolds

I was feeling frazzled and needed a quick, late-summer break, somewhere non-taxing and easy on the eye. Flicking through my Lonely Planet guide to England, the page fell open on the Cotswolds, and I only needed to see the words ‘lush rolling hills and picture-postcard villages’ to book a hire car and started packing my rucksack.

England - Devon - Barnstaple

For some 10 years or more our group of friends have escaped the crush and inflated prices of a London New Year's Eve to meet up with the Bristol mob in the West Country. This has allowed us to wreak...

England - Manchester

Sidestepping the clichéd comments about rain and industrial gloom, there are strong arguments for choosing Manchester as a city break destination. There is the social and cultural history of one of England’s great urban centres, the sense of vibrancy and vitality of a place in flux, and the architectural wonders of a city with one foot in the past and...

England - Norfolk

Being a mountain goat and a lover of rollercoaster rocky cliffs and coves, my brother's choice of a farmhouse in mid-Norfolk for this year's break did not fill me with the immediate enthusiasm my dear brother conveyed on the phone.

England - The Isle of Wight

The Isle of Wight first became a popular holiday destination due to Queen Victoria. The building of Osborne House suddenly made the Island the place to be seen, and the development of Cowes as a playground...

Getmapping's groundbreaking project

Not since William the Conqueror recorded England in the Domesday Book has there ever been such a record of the country. A record that is so detailed as to show every road, every house, and every tree...

The Charlie Connelly Interview

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...

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