Natural wonders are the highlights of travelling and the USA has plenty to see in their national parks. From Yosemite to the Grand Canyon and Death Valley to Big Sur, there is 84 million acres […]
Author Hunter Davies always comes across as an encourageble old rogue. Now in his 80s, he seems to have the same zest for life which he has had all through his long career of writing. […]
Fans of the highly successful television series Call The Midwife will be inspired by author Sarah Lee’s debut novel. ‘An Ocean Apart’ is due to be published on September 29th by Pan Macmillan. Based on […]
Loveable rogue Francis Metcalfe was one of life’s survivors. An intrepid traveller, a criminal, a dreamer and a hero, Metcalfe certainly lived his live to the full and author Mark Bridgeman has documented many of […]
With modern technology taking over our lives – it’s good to see tales of map making and exploring are still alive and kicking. Author Alastair Mitchell has researched with enthusiasm how the far North was […]
You can almost feel the warm rays of sunshine which rail enthusiast and writer Tom Chesshyre enjoyed on his journey around Spain. Such is the joy in which Tom writes about a subject he obviously […]
Booker prize winner Douglas Stuart was showered with praise for his gritty novel Shuggie Bain. And now he is back again with another powerful and emotive book which pays tribute to his Glasgow roots and […]
Like many travel writers, Simon Parker’s life changed dramatically the day the UK entered lockdown. Confined to home and with all his work dried up, Simon’s career literally finished overnight. Shortly afterwards, he discovered his […]
Scottish explorer William Balfour Baikie lived a short life. But in it, he packed so much and he became a hero among the Nigerian people more than 150 years ago for his work opening Africa […]
Travel is back to near normality after what seems an eternity and now we have the chance to embrace and learn and not to take it for granted. It’s been hard going for people who […]
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