Green-glowing fields
What a glorious image, enhanced by the animals trotting past - aggrieved camels I can envisage, but never thought of...
Mail at last
We forget, swamped as we are with constant connectivity, the past hunger for letters and news when travelling. I remember...
Of pens and pencils
Listening time: under 3 minutes. Â
This is a charming account of negotiating communist bureaucracy at the height of...
Changed identity – II
Again, Rory Stewart's guide-bodyguard, Qasim, resorts to invention in presenting his ward to people they meet on their hike across...
What’s the difference?
On his long trek across some of the remoter regions of Afghanistan, Rory Stewart found himself being presented as having...
Meat or fish?
On a delightful 20th century Odyssey to Ithaca, Golding is offered the choice of fish or meat. He explains what...
Stars like apples
Distant stars appearing so close you could reach up your hand and pick them, like apples in a tree. One...
On cultural relations
John Steinbeck and Robert Capa wrestle with their status in seeking some Soviet organization which would be willing to adopt...
The story of not being able to
Steinbeck lays out the purpose of his trip to the Soviet Union with the photographer Robert Capa in 1946. This...
Brandy-ball eyes
Why fight?
Rory Stewart's trek across Afghanistan allowed him to meet some colourful characters. Here he questions one of them to understand...
Of golden taps and super-men
An interesting insight by the writer Louis Golding when he visited the Achilleion in Corfu in the early 1950s. The...
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