Personal Landscapes
Personal Landscapes Podcast
1) Foster Hirsch on film noir and 1950s Hollywood
Film noir is is my favourite silver screen genre.
2) Great Beginnings
My top ten opening lines from books about place
3) Peter Carpenter: Walking in the Footsteps of David Bowie
When his doctor told him to walk or die, Peter Carpenter transformed a health crisis into a feat of urban archaeology.
4) Justin Marozzi: Slavery in the Islamic World
Listen now | We spoke about courtesans and slave soldiers, the trans-Saharan slave trade, and how the Quran addressed slavery.
5) August 2025: What Am I Reading?
Welcome to another instalment of What Am I Reading?
6) Final Pyrenees Update
We'll, that's it.
7) Penultimate Pyrenees Update
I've been plodding through the last couple hundred kilometers, increasingly beset by Mediterranean heat.
8) Another end of section Pyrenees update
Stopped in Salardu, Spain, five days ago for a major resupply.
9) Pyrenees update four
It's been a tough section.
10) Another Update From the Pyrenees
A few more photos and videos from my Pyrenees high traverse.