Globetrotting: Writers Walk the World (A Walking Event)

STARTS + ENDS AT THE FREEDOM CENTRE 

Come along for an amble in the nearby leafy surrounds of Howard Davis Park, with Duncan Minshull. Enjoy the morning views and hear Duncan read extracts from his latest book about the writers who have traversed every continent from the 1500’s to the present day – follow in the footsteps of various men and women travellers, those strollers and marchers, the rational and the outlandish. En route, Duncan will also be asking his fellow footers about the joys of pedestrian travel. Why do you go walking?

‘There was nowhere to go but everywhere’ – JACK KEROUAC

Duncan Minshull is a freelance audio producer and anthologist, and formerly a senior producer at BBC Radio where he commissioned and produced ‘Book of the Week’, ‘Book at Bedtime’, ‘The Essay’, and ‘Short Story’. Globetrotting is his recent book on walking. Previous titles include While Wandering, Beneath My Feet, Sauntering, and Where My Feet Fall. He has written extensively about the subject for The Times, Financial Times, Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, Conde Nast Traveller, Slightly Foxed, Psychologies, and Vogue. He lives in west London, and takes people on ‘walk & talks’ across various parts of the UK.