The Far Edges of the Known World with Owen Rees
Owen Rees leaves Athens and Rome behind and strikes out for the lesser known regions of the ancient world
Exploration
A collection of 6 Posts
Travel in Old Japan
Japan in the Age of the Shoguns was a dynamic place, full of colour, energy and movement. Here Lesley Downer takes us for a trip on its old roads
Why Are We Drawn to Mountains?
George Mallory, one of the central figures in the history of mountaineering, was haunted by this simple question, as the author Daniel Light explains
Herbert Ponting's Photographs of Antarctica in Colour
Colourised and remastered images from Robert Falcon Scott's Terra Nova Expedition
The 1907 Peking to Paris Race with Kassia St Clair
Kassia St Clair on an event that 'accelerated the twentieth century'