In praise of Jan Morris, by six fellow travel writers
The trailblazing writer was loved and revered by all those who followed in her footsteps. Here they describe just what she meant to them
Jan Morris: She sensed she was ‘at the very end of things’. What a life it was …
In her final interview, just before the first lockdown, the renowned travel writer spoke cheerfully of her last journey
Jan Morris obituary
Journalist, travel writer and historian who reported the first ascent of Everest in 1953 and wrote a social history of the British empire
Jan Morris, historian, travel writer and trans pioneer, dies aged 94
From her Everest scoop to her journey as a trans woman, the author’s authoritative voice and questioning mind found an eager audience
Stanfords travel bookshop launches crowdfunding project as it fights for survival
Beloved London travel and map specialist has launched an online scheme to help stave off closure
Top 10 books about the Himalayas
Along with spectacular adventures, these books record a richly diverse culture that has often been missed in accounts of derring-do
The Nine Lives of Pakistan by Declan Walsh review – first-rate reportage
The acclaimed correspondent captures a country torn apart by military aggression and religious extremism, and tries to work out why he was expelled
The Book of Trespass by Nick Hayes review – a trespasser’s radical manifesto
The land belongs to us all! A skilful writer and illustrator explores out-of-bounds country estates and identifies his enemies
Top 10 books by Charles Dickens
In his journalism as much as his fiction, Dickens’s turbocharged imagination is truly incomparable. Biographer AN Wilson shares his favourite books
Top 10 books about adventures
From mapping the Siberian wilderness to walking penniless across Europe, the best adventures are unsought, but lived intensely
Books to transport you: the best travellers’ tales for troubled times
From Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s flights over deserts to Scott’s last expedition to the Antarctic, Sophy Roberts picks her favourites
‘Why did white men get to have all the fun?’: the long road to diverse travel writing
As a young Asian female travel writer, Jini Reddy entered a genre that was mostly white and male. But new and emerging voices give her hope for a different future
Top 10 books about Iran
From memoirs and history to verse and fiction, the best writing about Iran has a uniquely poetic touch
Anton Chekhov’s travels … the ‘greatest work of journalism of the 19th century’
The playwright’s arduous journey to a Pacific island in Russia’s far east resulted in a non-fiction masterpiece
The book that inspired me to travel: readers’ tips
Words on a page can bring the world to life. Readers select the travel books and novels that made them go out and discover it by sparking their imaginations