Book review – geography
How a faulty map led to the discovery of America
Reflecting on the genesis of Treasure Island, the adventure yarn that grew from a map of an exotic isle he…
Lands of legend: from the Auroras to Atlantis
The Un-Discovered Islands could not be more different in substance — though it is similar in style — to Malachy…
Kathmandu — or don’t
Although Nepal’s earthquake last April visited our television screens with images of seismic devastation, the disaster has probably had little…
What can we do with Dartmoor?
In his poem ‘Eden Rock’, Charles Causley conjures up a dreamy memory of a childhood picnic ‘somewhere beyond Eden Rock’.…
An alternative map of Britain: caves, canals, megaliths and ley lines
Picture the map of Britain. Its strangely cadaverous shape, blobs of population and routes between them seem as familiar as…
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‘Oh dear, I think I’m losing my touché’
Robinson Crusoe gave up all hope of
ever seeing another human footprint again
‘That’s twice that’s happened.’
‘And deliver us from Brexit…’
‘God, they must really hate him.’
‘It’s much more exciting when you don’t have a TV licence.’
‘He’s overdosed on Boris.’
‘With Boris, is it nine lives or nine wives?’
‘Not another dark dystopian vision of the future!’
