Franz Kafka’s Prague: a centenary tour of the writer’s home city
A hundred years after his death, the author’s presence is as strong as ever in the Czech capital – from his childhood homes and the literary cafes he frequented to the remarkable buildings immortalised in his work
February 2023
Fantasy house hunt
Homes for book lovers – in pictures
From a mansion where Charles Dickens enjoyed London’s summer social season to George Orwell’s childhood home
December 2022
Book yourself in: 10 of the UK’s best literary hotels
You’ll have no problem tucking up with a good book at these fine hotels – they all have extensive collections, or even their own library
May 2022
Here be serpents … a coastal Essex that time forgot
Our writer explores marshes, boatyards, islands and eerie stretches of the Blackwater and Colne rivers – the setting for new TV drama The Essex Serpent
March 2022
And did those feet: 10 walks inspired by famous poets
Matching rich verse with great scenery, these strolls follow in the footsteps of some of our greatest wordsmiths, from William Blake to Carol Ann Duffy
February 2022
How cross-country skiing in Norway became a chilling page-turner
A trip into the winter wilderness – building his own igloo every night – left our writer feeling out of his depth. But it also set him on track to write his latest novel
September 2021
Forbidden territory: on horseback to the source of one of Earth’s most formidable rivers
In this extract from his new book, Colin Thubron is in Genghis Khan country, tracking the source of the mighty Amur in Mongolia
June 2021
Roads taken: the Gloucestershire footpaths that were the making of Robert Frost
Five great British walks with a literary twist
May 2021
The classic travel guidebooks that inspire my trips
From the iconic Shell Guides to Wilkie Collins’s rambles, travel writers pick the vintage UK guides that keep them exploring
April 2021
Readers' travel tips
12 of the UK’s best independent bookshops, chosen by readers
From old tales to new thinking, gardening to science fiction, our tipsters find literary nourishment – and cake, too – at these indie booksellers
Why cities emptied by Covid-19 are perfect for modern flâneurs
Copying the approach of Baudelaire’s quizzical stroller can help us escape lockdown – even if he needs a little updating
The hottest literary travel destinations (to visit when lockdown ends)
From George Orwell’s Isle of Jura to Willa Cather’s Nebraskan frontier … with travel restricted to the imagination, Henry Eliot picks the most memorable and beautiful literary locations
February 2021
Literary breaks: 11 UK writers’ houses that are now holiday homes
10 children’s books that will take kids on a journey
January 2021
My voyage through a world of language in just one word: snow
Missing the wild regions where I have worked, I took a linguistic trip from Asia to the Andes, via Russia and Finland, instead
November 2020
In praise of Jan Morris, by six fellow travel writers
A guided walk of Tolkien's original Shire, in Birmingham
Race shapes travel: backpacking as a black woman
Stanfords travel bookshop launches crowdfunding project as it fights for survival
