Cees Nooteboom obituary
Dutch novelist, poet and travel writer who reported on the Hungarian revolution and the fall of the Berlin Wall
The bristling wit and melancholy of Cees Nooteboom came to me when I needed it most
The great Dutch travel writer, who died this week, found history inscribed in every place he visited, all while remaining accountable to the present
Ian Marchant obituary
Writer, performer and broadcaster with a talent for being interested in everything and a particular fascination with British counterculture
The Parallel Path by Jenn Ashworth review – a soul-searching walk across England
Forget the Salt Path – this writer’s introspective journey provides genuine food for thought
The Cuckoo’s Lea by Michael Warren review – a magical ornithological history of Britain
From buzzards in Oxfordshire to cranes in Kent – how once common birds left their mark in British place names
The Salt Path by Raynor Winn audiobook review – a life-changing journey
Facing homelessness and incurable illness, a couple sets out on a 630-mile hike in this lyrical memoir read by the author
‘Their pursuits are the cigar and the siesta’: how two centuries of British writers helped forge our view of Spain
Laurie Lee and Robert Graves among ‘English-speaking Quixotes’ in new book celebrating literary love for all things Spanish
The North Pole: The History of an Obsession by Erling Kagge review – an adventure that can’t be topped
The Norwegian explorer – who in 1990 became the first to reach 90 degrees north without the help of machine nor beast – journeys into the past to uncover the myths, politics and pure joy of the northernmost point on Earth
Chameleon by Robert Dessaix review – a dazzlingly beautiful mix of sex, travel and intimacy
Blending biography and travelogue offers a rich and entertaining education about the author’s life – a detailed map of the literature, ideas and places that shaped him
In brief: Between Britain; It Comes from the River; Golden State – review
The relationship between England and Scotland explored on foot; an unsettling novel of northern sisterhood and resilience; and a revelatory history of California
A Quiet Evening by Norman Lewis review – they don’t make travel writers like this any more
From run-ins with Hemingway in Havana to gunmen in Guatemala, this colourful collection of the late writer’s long-form journalism shows why Graham Greene was an admirer
Where to start with: Zora Neale Hurston
From befriending the last African enslaved in America to meeting with zombies in Haiti, the folklorist, anthropologist and Harlem Renaissance writer – who has a novel posthumously published today – was a sensitive chronicler of other people’s lives
Memories of Distant Mountains by Orhan Pamuk review – journal of a private dreamworld
The Turkish Nobel laureate’s illustrated notebooks offer a vivid insight into his creative process
The Place of Tides by James Rebanks review – duck tales
The Lakeland shepherd heads to a Norwegian island where eiderdown is harvested to learn lessons about nature and humanity
In brief: A Ride Across America; This Motherless Land; Be Mine – reviews
A bicycle-led musing on the state of the US; a page-turning, Nigerian-inflected reworking of Mansfield Park; and a wistful final chapter for Richard Ford’s sportswriter Frank Bascombe