Canal du Midi, France – Compass magazine, 2013
Floating gently along southern France’s Canal du Midi and developing an appetite for slow travel. Read more »
London Bridge in America
London Bridge in America – Compass magazine, 2013
Pop culture historian Travis Elborough, whose previous books include a look back at the Routemaster bus and record player, turns his attention to the famous story of London Bridge. Read more »
Patrick Leigh Fermor
Patrick Leigh Fermor – Compass magazine, 2012
Sir Patrick ‘Paddy’ Leigh Fermor was once described by the BBC as a ‘cross between
Indiana Jones, James Bond and Graham Greene’, extolled for his acts of derring-do as much as his opulent prose. Read more »
The Tao of Travel
The Tao of Travel – Compass magazine, 2012
To celebrate 50 years of life on the road, Paul Theroux takes a walk around his own library, revisiting the books which shaped him, both as a traveller and as a reader. Read more »
Costa Rica
Costa Rica – Compass magazine, 2012
Costa Rica is a natural wonder. From smouldering volcanoes and soft-smudged cloud forests to coffee plantations that roll to the rainforest-fringed beaches, this small country has verdant varied landscapes in abundance. Read more »
Nocturne
Nocturne – Compass magazine, 2012
Lying in a dentist’s chair, staring up at a poster of the Earth seen from outer space, author James Attlee was struck by how man… Read more »
Kenya
Kenya – Compass magazine, 2012
On 5 February 1952, the 25-year-old Princess Elizabeth visited the Treetops Lodge in Abedare National Park… Read more »
My Heroes
My Heroes – Compass magazine, 2011
The latest book from Sir Ranulph Fiennes is something of a departure… Read more »
Central America & Cuba
Central America & Cuba – Compass magazine, 2011
From beautiful colonial cities and ancient Mayan sites to volcanoes, vast lakes and tropical beaches, Central America (and Cuba) has it all. Here are seven stunning sites among the region’s rich pickings. Read more »
Seoul, South Korea
Seoul, South Korea – Compass magazine, 2011
Going Seoul searching to discover the best of the South Korean capital in just 48 hours. Read more »