Isle of Wight Literary Festival, 2020
Now running for eight years the Isle of Wight Literary Festival is a major literary event in the south of England. Over four days, in excess of 60 writers will…
Viktor Wynd: Gone with the Wynd
Viktor Wynd, proprietor of The Last Tuesday cocktail bar, Museum of Curiosities in East London and eccentric travel agency, Gone With The Wynd, chats with Travel Begins at 40 about his new…
Top 10 Books for Social Distancing
As the UK continues in this unprecedented period of social distancing, more and more people are looking for productive ways to spend their time at home. On the top of…
Win a Writing Retreat in the British Countryside
Holiday Cottages are giving one aspiring writer the opportunity to pen their unfinished novel on a writing retreat in the British countryside, in one of three locations…
Baltimore Book Festival & Light City Baltimore
Whether it is illumination through the enlightenment of books, or through the bulbs brightening the art and music, Baltimore Book Festival and Light City Baltimore…
Ubud Writers and Readers Festival 2019
The Ubud Writers and Readers Festival (often called the Ubud Writers Festival), one of the best literary festivals in the world, is held in the central Bali town of Ubud…
Ilkley Literature Festival, Yorkshire, 2019
Actors, writers, poets and even a few journos will descend upon the West Yorkshire Victorian spa town of Ilkley in October for the Ilkley Literature Festival. The county might be…
Scotland’s Autumn Literature Festivals
Scotland’s literature festivals are world renowned, attracting authors and audiences from across the globe. And as the Edinburgh’s International Book Festival 2019 celebrates…
Scriptwriting with Comedy Legends in Tuscany
Join comedy legends Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran for an inspiring Scriptwriting course at The Watermill at Posara, an idyllic retreat nestled in the Tuscan countryside (7-14 September 2019). The…
Dublin Book Festival 2018, Ireland
From Joyce to Yeats and Wilde, Ireland has been renowned for its literary prowess, come this November you can meet the finest crop of the Emerald Isle’s bards at the…
Bognor and Other Regises; a Potted History of Britain
A wry, somewhat light-hearted, but certainly not lightweight stroll through the history of Britain, Bognor and Other Regises; a Potted History of Britain in 100 Royal Places takes us from…
A Beer in the Loire
Anyone reading the title of this entertaining book could be forgiven for thinking that it is only about beer, but it is far more than that. As much a travel…
