Getaways: Focus on the movie world’s shooting stars
HAM HOUSE AND GARDENRichmond, London Sitting on the banks of the Thames, Ham House’s proximity to the major film studios at Pinewood, Ealing and Shepperton together with its history and …
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Anton Chekhov’s travels … the ‘greatest work of journalism of the 19th century’
Passport details Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, playwright, one of the greatest short-story writers in history and once-in-a-lifetime adventurer to Russia’s remote far east. Place and date of birthTaganrog, southern Russia, January …
Read MoreTell us about your travel hero: readers’ travel tips
Dervla Murphy’s intrepid bike rides, Bruce Chatwin’s original storytelling or Freya Stark’s Arabian adventures … this week we’d like to hear about your travel hero. They may not be a …
Read MoreThe imaginary American town that became a tourist attraction
In 2008, Argleton village in west Lancashire appeared on Google, complete with weather reports, a job site and an estate agent advertising houses for sale. Argleton vanished two years later. …
Read MoreRichard Francis Burton … dashing explorer of the exotic and erotic
Passport detailsSir Richard Francis Burton, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer and diplomat. Claim to fameIt says something about the shallowness of celebrity that a …
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