Fresh from Walking the Nile – Levison Wood regaled us with stories of extreme mental and physical endurance – not least unwittingly eating rat, and mistaking maggots for rice… ATTENTION BOSTON FANS – there’s many a fun story featuring Mr Ndoole in this talk! Listen to the talk in full below:

Simon Reeve is spoiling us with no less than four appearances at Stanfords Travel Writers Festival. That’s one a day for the numerically challenged amongst you. The TV presenter and New York Times Bestselling Author will be in conversation alternately with Paul Goldstein and Paul Blezard. Here’s the first one – with Paul Goldstein – where he … Continue reading Simon Reeve surrounded by a Sacred River of fans!

We were initially a bit concerned how we were going to fit Simon Barnes and his Ten Million Aliens in for the day’s second event. Turns out it was a hilarious misunderstanding on our part.   Listen to Simon’s talk where he celebrates the diverse marvels of this incredible planet we live on – and the … Continue reading Ten Million Aliens (and Simon Barnes)

To kick things off, Monisha Rajesh, author of Around India in 80 Trains, and Julian Holland, author of Railway Days Out are talking trains – comparing their top three rail journeys in the UK and India. Listen to the talk in full below.