Welcome to Covent Garden, the main stage in London’s teeming theatre. In the company of Nina Toussaint-White, you’ll explore its rich history, winding streets and celebrated landmarks, and...

The third and most ambitious of Michael Palin’s adventures is a voyage of epic proportions the circumnavigation of the Pacific Rim. He travels for almost a year through the eighteen countries...

In ‘Pass the Butterworms’, Tim Cahill takes us to the steppes of Mongolia, where he spends weeks on horseback alongside the descendants of Genghis Khan and masters the ‘Mongolian death...

A collection of original travel stories told by some of the world's best novelists, including Isabel Allende, Peter Matthiessen, Alexander McCall Smith, Joyce Carol Oates, Téa Obreht and DBC Pierre.

Michael Palin reads his own entertainingly written account of his journey across the countries of the Himalayas, accompanying a major BBC TV series in 2004.

In his most challenging...

Joanna Lumley was not slow in agreeing to spend nine days on a desert island off the coast of Madagascar with the bare minimum of kit. This is the fascinating diary of her experiences. She rises...

Montmatre is dominated by a holy hill, upon which stands Sacré-Cœur, the Basilica of the Sacred Heart.

Painters, composers, poets and singers have flocked here over the years, and in...

Geoffrey Fletcher's London was not the big landmarks, but rather 'the tawdry, extravagant and eccentric'. He wrote about parts of the city no-one ever had before. This could be an art nouveau pub,...

Having seen Europe with a rucksack on his back and a youthful spring in his step twenty years earlier, Bill Bryson decides to make a sentimental journey back to that familiar territory - to savour...

In ‘Made in America’, Bryson de-mythologizes his native land explaining how a dusty desert hamlet with neither woods nor holly became Hollywood, how the Wild West wasn’t won, why Americans...

Chris Stewart's 'Driving Over Lemons' told the story of his move to a remote mountain farm in Las Alpujarras - an oddball region of Spain, south of Granada.

Three years on, 'A Parrot in...

Welcome to South Bank by the River Thames - one of the oldest parts of London. In the company of Siân Thomas you’ll experience this kaleidoscope of cultures alongside many historical figures...

When Jane Shaw secures an internship on an organic garden in Greece, she soon discovers it will be no easy-going break in the Mediterranean. The five-acre plot is perched on a steep, remote...

For years legendary broadcaster Alistair Cooke brought America to the rest of the world with incomparable wit and wisdom. This is his classic ‘personal history’ of America, guiding us through...

The Complete Paris Audio Guide contains all five fascinating audio tours: Montmartre, The Latin Quarter, Marais, Saint-Germain-des-Prés and The Bastille.