United Kingdom – Strangers Guide

London

“Some years ago, a temporary inability to sleep, referable to a distressing impression, caused me to...”

Charles Dickens

Readings

England

“Finally, on June 27, Mary took matters into her own hands. She stood in front of...”

Charlotte Gordon

Readings

England

Under the Yolk

An artist explores the cycles of life from a temporary home afloat

by Stephen Turner

The origins of the Exbury Egg emerged in 2011 when I got an email from an...

England

Fishing Bestseller

In 1653, Englishman Izaak Walton published his first edition of The Compleat Angler, as much a meditation on fishing and enjoying time on the...

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England

Guides to Romance

Many famous Romantic-era writers wrote guidebooks. Poet William Wordsworth’s Guide through the District of the Lakes in the North of England was published in...

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Europe

Grand Tours

How travelers became tourists

by Cassim Shepard

In 2003, while studying for a graduate degree in geography, I started working weekends at Stanfords,...

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