Well travelled
Jan Morris: Around the World in Eighty Years - A Tribute is high praise indeed, says Stephen Pritchard.
Full board
Snowboarding no longer follows in skiing's tracks - and there's a new book out to prove it. One of the authors, former British champion Chris Moran, picks his favourite rides.
Tourist traps
The fact that Robin Hood didn't exist hasn't stopped sightseers flocking to Nottingham. Andrew Mueller takes a tour of other places where something didn't actually happen.
Eating like a king
Being the stepson of Prince Charles was never going to be easy - especially with a youthful reputation as a cocaine-snorting party animal, and now a career in the media. But Tom Parker Bowles wouldn't let his royal connections get in the way of his first love - food. Lynn Barber meets the man who would be culinary king.
Rootless in Seattle: an interview with Jonathan Raban
Jonathan Raban's solitary journeys have inspired books that blur the boundaries between fiction and non-fiction. His latest novel is a dystopian vision of post 9/11 America.
Green houses
In an exclusive extract from his new book, our eco-correspondent, Richard Hammond, picks 30 of the best green places to stay around the world.
Visions of a travelling man
Kevin Rushby enjoys Jason Roberts's remarkable story of a far-sighted blind man, A Sense of the World.
Journeys into history: Geoff Dyer on Rebecca West’s Black Lamb and Grey Falcon
West’s vast, complex book Black Lamb and Grey Falcon is more than a timeless guide to Yugoslavia - it is a portrait of the author’s soul and of Europe on the brink of war. Geoff Dyer explores one of the neglected masterpieces of 20th-century travel writing
Tales of the riverbank
With its noise, colour, traffic, smells and seething crowds, Varanasi assaults the senses. Acclaimed author Geoff Dyer heads for the River Ganges and immerses himself in India's most holy city.
Samurai stories
Anthony Thwaite enjoys Christopher Ross's obsessively nerdish pursuit of a legendary samurai novelist, Mishima's Sword.
Dark hearts
Alexandra Fuller takes Peter Longworth on a hunt for demons in Scribbling the Cat, a grim journey through Zimbabwe's past.
The best reads: from Dover to Rio
A tour of England's coastline, a Grecian return and the hottest carnival. By Carl Wilkinson.
Rare bird of the islands
A travel writer, memoirist, poet and award-winning novelist, James Hamilton-Paterson worked as a hospital porter and teacher before he left the UK 25 years ago. He now divides his time between Tuscany and the Philippines. Though regarded by many as one of our finest prose stylists, his reclusiveness has placed him at the edge of the cultural mainstream. Ian Thomson reports on a literary loner
Strawberries and cream selection
Liz Bird and James Bedding sip and stroll their way through the latest releases.
Novel ways
From the desolate Yorkshire moors to the estuaries of the Cornish coast, Sarah Dawson explores the landscapes that inspired some of the UK's finest writers