Stanfords Travel Podcast
1) Jay Rayner Nights Out at Home// 2025 Stanfords Travel Writers Festival
For twenty-five years, award-winning restaurant critic Jay Rayner has been uncovering the very best of the nation’s eateries, from high end restaurants to high street grills. In his new book, Nights O...Show More
2) Travis Elborough Writers’ Journeys// 2025 Stanfords Travel Writers Festival
Some truly remarkable works of literature have been inspired by writers spending time travelling. From epic road trips and arduous treks into remote territories, to cultural tours and sojourns in the ...Show More
3) Trevor McDonald’s World of Cricket// 2025 Stanfords Travel Writers Festival
Sir Trevor McDonald is one of Britain’s most celebrated broadcasters and his devotion for cricket is almost as well-known as his legendary professional achievements. He talks to Simon Lister about his...Show More
4) Louise Minchin on Travel// 2025 Stanfords Travel Writers Festival
Journalist and broadcaster Louise Minchin has travelled a lot for work, but also while researching her non-fiction title Fearless, which detailed the lives of 17 extraordinary women, in places as dive...Show More
5) Petroc Trelawny’s Cornwall// 2025 Stanfords Travel Writers Festival
Petroc Trelawny grew up on the Lizard Peninsula in the far south of Cornwall. His new book is part history, part memoir and a deeply felt exploration of Cornwall. Talking to Ann Morgan, he takes us b...Show More
6) Why We Travel with Phoebe Smith & Ash Bhardwaj// 2025 Stanfords Travel Writers Festival
What are the benefits of travelling, and why do so many of us feel compelled to do it? Ash Bhardwaj, author of Why We Travel, is an award-winning journalist and broadcaster, whose work explores the in...Show More
7) Ray Mears: British Woodland// 2025 Stanfords Travel Writers Festival
During his decades long career as a bushcraft and survival expert, one thing always shines through about Ray Mears – his love of the nature and landscape within which he finds himself. His latest boo...Show More
8) Hilary Bradt in Conversation with Simon Calder// 2025 Stanfords Travel Writers Festival
Taking the Risk is Hilary Bradt’s engaging, insightful, amusing and sometimes alarming memoir about serendipitous adventures in travel and publishing. A travel industry trail-blazer who co-founded Bra...Show More
9) ‘In the Footsteps of Du Fu’ with Michael Wood: Stanfords Travel Writers Festival 2024
From Destinations: The Holiday & Travel Show in London’s Olympia, The Stanfords Travel Writers Festival welcomes the internationally acclaimed historian, film-maker and broadcaster, and the author of ...Show More
10) John Blashford-Snell in Conversation: Stanfords Travel Writers Festival 2024
From Destinations: The Holiday & Travel Show in London’s Olympia, The Stanfords Travel Writers Festival welcomes Colonel John Blashford-Snell, one of the country’s most eminent and seasoned explorers....Show More
John Blashford-Snell in Conversation: Stanfords Travel Writers Festival 2024
41:11 | Feb 27th, 2024