Michael Palin recounts his extraordinary crossing of the vast and merciless desert.

Michael Palin is off again, this time to the seemingly desolate Sahara Desert. There’s no easy way...

Victoria Wood was named after Queen Victoria, so who better to take us on a journey through the British Empire?

The story of the Empire is a key part of the story of Queen Victoria’s...

Stephen Fry arrived at Cambridge on probation: a convicted fraudster and thief, an addict, liar, fantasist and failed suicide, convinced that at any moment he would be found out. Instead,...

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...

Englishwoman in Italy Annie Hawes isn't quite as baffled by Ligurian life as she was when she first came to this land of hills and olive groves. But she is as surprised—and, often,...

Gerald Durrell would one day become a much-loved conservationist. In 'Beasts in My Belfry' he takes his first step towards fulfilling his ambition in this charming account of his job as a student...

If there was ever a traveller for whom the expression ‘been there, done that’ was invented, it is Tim Cahill. His fierce enthusiasm for exploration has taken him around the globe, and knows no...

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...

In his seventh voyage of discovery, Michael Palin reads his own account of a journey into a new Europe.

Michael Palin’s ‘New Europe' starts with a simple idea: that only a couple...

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...

Aiming to track down a small oasis town deep in the Sahara, some of whose generous inhabitants came to her rescue on a black day in her adolescence, Annie Hawes leaves her home in the olive groves...

If you’re wondering what Chris Stewart did before he and his girlfriend Ana moved to El Valero, their Spanish farm, here’s one of the answers. He took to the sea, landing a job as skipper...

Marais is one of the most fashionable parts of Paris. It exudes style and charm wherever you turn - from the stunning architecture of the classical hôtels particuliers to the hip boutiques,...

The longest continuous footpath in the world, the Appalachian Trail, stretches along the East Coast of the United States through some of the most arresting landscapes in America. In the company of...

An exclusive unabridged audio edition of Peter Mayle’s hugely popular book about the places, people and food of Provence.

'Provence A-Z' is a treasure trove of fascinating facts and...