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Travel Biography

John McCarthy discusses travel biography at the Cheltenham Literature Festival.

• 30 mins

Natural Navigation - Snow Shoeing - Borneo Sunbear - Bulgaria

John McCarthy looks at natural navigation, travel guiding and post colonial India.

• 30 mins

Congo - Rodrigues

John McCarthy hears about Congo in the 60s and 70s and the isles of Rodrigues.

• 30 mins

Transoceanic Rowing - Tango

John McCarthy looks at transoceanic rowing and the tango in Buenos Aires.

• 30 mins

Panama - North Korea

John McCarthy focuses on Panama and a political tour of North Korea.

• 30 mins

Responsible Tourism - Cambodia

John McCarthy looks at responsible tourism and Cambodia.

• 30 mins

Mitteleuropa - Escape from Hong Kong - A272

John McCarthy looks at Jewish Eastern Europe, a WW2 escape from Hong Kong and the A272.

• 30 mins

Storytelling in Japan and Morocco - Coastal Stations

John McCarthy explores storytelling in Japan and Morocco and coastal weather stations.

• 30 mins

Gambian elections - Nepal - Himalayan rafting

John McCarthy looks at Gambia, Nepal, and white water rafting in the Himalayas.

• 30 mins

Historic walks - Fast and slow trains

John McCarthy takes a look at historic walks and compares fast and slow trains.

• 30 mins

Animal welfare - Plant hunting

John McCarthy looks at plant hunting in western China and animal welfare issues abroad.

• 30 mins

Travel Biography from The Times Cheltenham Literature Festival

John McCarthy discusses travel biography at this year's Cheltenham Literature Festival.

• 30 mins

England

John McCarthy looks at the traditional attractions of England and how they are changing.

• 30 mins

Hitchhiking veteran - Butterflies - Burma

John McCarthy's guests recall Burma in 1942, butterflies in Ecuador and 1950s travel.

• 30 mins

Swimming - Land Art - Sicily

John McCarthy's guests discuss art and travel in Sicily, through land art and in swimming.

• 28 mins

The Occupied territories of East Jerusalem and the West Bank

John McCarthy looks at travelling in East Jerusalem and the West Bank.

• 28 mins

Overland To Mongolia - Wild West - The Calgary Stampede

John McCarthy's guests discuss the Wild West, Calgary's Stampede and driving to Mongolia.

• 28 mins

Antarctica

John McCarthy chairs a discussion on Antarctica from the Queen's Gallery Buckingham Palace

• 28 mins

Stone - Sacred sites - Crazy River

John McCarthy looks at a sculptor's travel, sacred Britain and the Malagarasi River.

• 28 mins

Israel

John McCarthy discusses the diverse culture of Israel as a destination.

• 28 mins

Ashoka's India; Undesirable Places

Sandi Toksvig hears about a lost emperor of India and Britain's undesirable destinations.

• 28 mins

Medics abroad; The Oscars

Sandi Toksvig hears about medical work abroad and a trip to the Oscars.

• 28 mins

Russia - Crimea - Ukraine

Sandi Toksvig discusses the 'Wild East' - Russia, Ukraine and Crimea.

• 28 mins

Black Prince - Wine trade in Medieval Europe - Lourdes

John McCarthy explores SW France via a medieval wine trail, the Black Prince, and Lourdes.

• 28 mins

Family Travel

John McCarthy takes a look at family travel.

• 28 mins

Iceland

Sandi Toksvig goes to Reykjavik to look at aspects of tourism in Iceland.

• 28 mins

Wildlife travel

John McCarthy discusses wildlife travel with Mark Carwardine, James Perry and Andy Rouse.

• 28 mins

Lake Titicaca - Manchester, Bolivia - Malaysia

John McCarthy discusses Lake Titicaca, Manchester in Bolivia, and the home of Kung Fu.

• 28 mins

Africa - Rwanda, Uganda and South Sudan

John McCarthy and guests discuss the travel hotspots of Rwanda, Uganda and South Sudan.

• 28 mins

The point and the pleasure of travel

John McCarthy talks to three travellers and asks why they are driven to explore the world.

• 28 mins