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[[Category:New Reviews|Travel]]__NOTOC__ <!-- Remove -->  <!-- INSERT NEW REVIEWS BELOW HERE-->{{Frontpage|author=Alastair Humphreys|title=Local|rating=5|genre=Travel |summary= Alastair Humphreys has walked and cycled all over the world. And then written about it. For this book he walked and cycled very close to home and then wrote about it. As he says in his introduction, the book is an attempt ''to share what I have learnt about some big issues from a year exploring a small map. Nature loss, pollution, land use and access, agriculture, the food system, rewilding…'' One of the joys of the book for me was that the biggest thing he learned about all of these things was that there are no easy answers, no single 'right or wrong', that every upside is likely to have a downside for somebody and that there are some hard choices ahead.|isbn=1785633678}}{{Frontpage|isbn=0957181167|title=Blue Skies and Boat Trips: The Norfolk of Brian Lewis|author=Alan Marshall|rating=5|genre=Art|summary=There are few positive things which can be said about a substandard apartment when you’re on holiday but this time, in trying to avoid looking at a problem I found myself looking more closely at a couple of pictures on the walls - and was completely taken by the work of Brian Lewis. I searched online and could only find ‘used’ versions of this book and the print I wanted was ‘not available’. Oh, dear - then a few doors down from the apartment, I found a gift shop with a stack of brand new books - and a framed print of the picture I wanted.}}{{Frontpage|isbn=1785633457|title=Charging Around: Exploring the Edges of England by Electric Car|author=Clive Wilkinson|rating=5|genre=Travel|summary=Clive Wilkinson has a history of travelling by unconventional means with a preference for slow travel. As he neared his eightieth birthday the idea of exploring the edges of England in an electric car was not totally outrageous. In fact, it should be a pleasant holiday for Clive and his wife, Joan, shouldn't it?}}{{Frontpage|author=Merryn Glover|title=The Hidden Fires|rating=5|genre=Travel|summary= It is always about the book, not the writer, but there are times when the author's hinterland is also the background to the book and so it is necessary to understand that context, in order to appreciate the book. Merryn Glover is of Australian parentage, was born in Kathmandu, grew up in the Annapurna and Himalayan and now lives in Badenoch in Scotland. I can think of no-one better a combination to give us a re-appraisal of Nan Shepherds work than the first Writer in Residence in the Cairngorms National Park. Merryn walks, not so much in the shadow of Shepherd, but in her spirit. I think the two would have gotten along famously.|isbn=1846975751}}{{Frontpage|isbn=B0B7289HKQ|title=Conversations Across America: A Father and Son, Alzheimer's, and 300 Conversations Along the TransAmerica Bike Trail that Capture the Soul of America|author=Kari Loya|rating=4|genre=Travel|summary=Kari (that rhymes with ‘sorry’, by the way) wanted to spend some time with his father and the period between two jobs seemed like a good time to do it. The decision was made to ride the Trans America Bike Trail from Yorktown, Virginia to Astoria, Oregon - all 4250 miles of it - in 2015. They had 73 days to do it - slightly less than the recommended time - but there were factors which pointed this up as more of a challenge that it would be for most people who considered taking it on. Merv Loya was 75 years old and he was suffering from early-stage Alzheimer's.}}{{Frontpage|author=Erling Kagge|title=Walking: One Step At A Time|rating=5|genre= Lifestyle|summary= Those who have read my reviews before will know that how much I loved a book is evidenced by the number of pages with corners turned, so let me start this one with an apology to the Norfolk Library Service: sorry! I forgot it was your book not mine. In my defence, I will say that as a reader of this type of book there is something connective about noting where prior readers were inspired (provided it is subtle – I'll allow creased corners, but not scribbles – for the latter we must buy our own copy – which I am about to do as soon as I have finished telling you why).

{{Frontpage|class-"wikitable" cellpaddingisbn="15"Mourby_Rooms<!-- Jamie -->|title=Rooms with a View: The Secret Life of Great Hotels|-author=Adrian Mourby| stylerating="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|4[[image:1908745819.jpg|linkgenre=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1908745819/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] Travel| stylesummary="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Surfacing by Kathleen Jamie]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:History|History]]Adrian Mourby has given us a flying visit to each of fifty grand hotels, from fourteen regions of the world, [[:Category:Travel|Travel]]with the hotels in each section being arranged chronologically rather than by region, [[:Category:Autobiography|Autobiography]] Sometimes when people suggest that you read which helps to give something of an overall picture. So what makes a certain book, they tell you hotel 'grand'this one has your name on it? The first hotel to call itself 'grand'. Mostly we take them at their word, or not, but rarely do we ask them why they thought so, unless was in Covent Garden in 1774 and it turns out that we didn't like ushered in the book. That's beginning of a period when a hotel would be a rare experience. People who are sensitive to hearing lifestyle choice rather than a book calling your name, rarely get it wrong. In this case I was told whyrefuge for those without friends and family conveniently nearby. The blurb speaks of the author considering ''an older, less tethered sense hotels we visit all began life in different circumstances and each faced a different set of herselfchallenges.'' Older. Less tethered. That's not a bad description of where I am. Add We begin in the Americas, move to that my love of the natural worldUnited Kingdom, circumnavigate Europe, of those aspects of the poetic briefly visit Russia and lyrical that are about style not formTurkey then northern Africa, India and substance most of allAsia. Australia, it seems, about connection. Of course this book had my name on it. It was written does not go for methe grand. It would have found its way to me eventually. I am pleased to have it fall onto my path so quickly. [[}}{{Frontpage|isbn=1908745819|title=Surfacing by |author=Kathleen Jamie|Full Review]]rating=5 <!-- Barnes -->|-| style|genre="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|History[[image:0995765847.jpg|linksummary=http://www.amazon.coSometimes when people suggest that you read a certain book, they tell you ''this one has your name on it''.uk/dp/0995765847/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Unlikeliest Backpacker by Kathryn Barnes]]=== [[image:3Mostly we take them at their word, or not, but rarely do we ask them why they thought so unless it turns out that we didn't like the book.5starThat's a rare experience.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Travel|Travel]] Almost on a whim (by her own admission) Kathryn Barnes and her husband Conrad Nicholas decide People who are sensitive to hike the Pacific Crest Trail. Not exactly on hearing a whim: they do invest some time in some (maybe not enoughbook calling your name, rarely get it wrong. In this case, maybe not the right) preparationI was told why. And not all The blurb speaks of the trail: Kathryn has no intention author considering ''an older, less tethered sense of a walking a desertherself. '' Older. Less tethered. That she intends walking at all comes as 's not a shock to her family, that she would even contemplate camping has them staring in disbeliefbad description of where I am. [[The Unlikeliest Backpacker by Kathryn Barnes|Full Review]] <!-- Davidson -->|-| Add to that my love of the natural world, of those aspects of the poetic and lyrical that are about style=''width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;''|[[image:1912242052not form, and substance most of all, about connection.jpg|link=http://wwwOf course, this book had my name on it.amazon It was written for me. It would have found its way to me eventually. I am pleased to have it fall onto my path so quickly.co.uk/dp/1912242052/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]}}{{Frontpage| styleisbn=''vertical-align: top; text-align: left;''1912242052|==title=[[O Joy for me! by |author=Keir Davidson]]|rating=3|genre==Art[[image:3star.jpg|linksummary=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Art|Art]], [[:Category:Biography|Biography]], [[:Category:Travel|Travel]], [[:Category:Reference|Reference]] '''Oh Joy for me!'' gives Coleridge credit for being ''the first person to walk the mountains alone, not because he had to for work, as a miner, quarryman, shepherd or pack-horse driver, but because he wanted to for pleasure and adventure. His rapturous encounters with their natural beauty, and its literary consequences, changed our view of the world''. [[O Joy for me! by Keir Davidson|Full Review]] <!-- Potts -->}}{{Frontpage|-isbn=Woolf_Great| styletitle="widthThe Great Horizon: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"50 Tales of Exploration|author=Jo Woolf[[image:1501329413.jpg|linkrating=http://www3.amazon.co.uk/dp/ISBN/ref5|genre=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]] History| stylesummary="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Souvenir (Object Lessons) by Rolf Potts]]=== [[image:5starJo Woolf has compiled a brilliant set of fifty short insights into the lives and achievements of some amazingly brave people.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Travel|Travel]] I know a lot about the subject Their fearless journeys have helped us unlock many of the mysteries of the wildest parts of our world, and also given us an understanding of this book – although please don't think for one minute that what it is akin like to a boast that I could be faced with the most terrible conditions and still have written it; far from it. But I too have a mountain of souvenirs here the determination and theregrit to carry on. They come in five kinds, don't you know – including This book could be viewed as a miniature version of what you've been taster which encourages us to see (my porcelain Field seek out and read more about some of Miracles from Pisa, that has long since lost its miraculous ability to act as both memento the most iconic explorers. Their stories are pretty incredible and leaning hygrometer); pictorial representation, such as postcards (oh so many postcards); and physical bits of the place (a particularly Klimtian bit of stone found on a beach on Jersey only this autumn past)Woolf does them justice. I am such a collector of souvenirs I get narked when I go }}{{Frontpage|isbn=Hailstone_Berlin|title=Berlin in the Cold War: 1959 to a place such as a cathedral and all that1966|author=Allan Hailstone|rating=4|genre=History|summary=''s on offer is religious product and nothing branded with Berlin in the site, which is rich considering the whole souvenir industry came from religion and religious pilgrimage Cold War: 1959-1966'' contains almost 200 photographs taken by author/photographer Allan Hailstone in his visits to the first place – you only need consider that in buying a souvenir you're trying to take a bit city during this period. The images provide an insight into the changing nature of its source home with you, the divide between East and West Berlin and for that very reason people sought a continuance of some kind of holiness via religious artefact. You only need consider it, I say, but rest assured all that history and everything else has been considered glimpse into life in the making of this wonderful bookcity during the Cold War. [[Souvenir (Object Lessons) by Rolf Potts|Full Review]]}}{{Frontpage<!-- Woolf -->|isbn=Stewart_Marches|-title=The Marches| styleauthor="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|Rory Stewart[[image:Woolf_Great.jpg|left|link=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1910985880?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASINrating=1910985880]] 5| stylegenre="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"History|summary===[[The Great Horizon: 50 Tales The Observer quote on the front of the paperback edition of Exploration by Jo Woolf]]=== [[image:3Stewart's latest book observes ''This is travel writing at its finest.5star'' Perhaps, but to call it 'travel writing' is to totally under-sell it.jpg|link=CategoryThis is erudition at its finest. Stewart has the background to do this:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:History|History]], [[:Category:Travel|Travel]] Jo Woolf has compiled a brilliant set of fifty short insights into he had an international upbringing and followed his father in both the lives Army and achievements of some amazingly brave people. Their fearless journeys have helped us unlock many of the mysteries of the wildest parts of our worldthe Foreign Office, and also given us an understanding of what it is like to be faced with the most terrible conditions then (to his father's, bemusement, shall we say) became an MP. Oh, and still have he walked 6,000 miles across Afghanistan in 2002. A walk along the determination and grit to carry on. This book could Scottish borders should be viewed as a taster which encourages us to seek out and read more about some of the most iconic explorersdoddle by comparison. Their stories are pretty incredible and Woolf does them justice. [[The Great Horizon: 50 Tales of Exploration by Jo Woolf|Full Review]] <!-- Mourby -->|-}}{{Frontpage|isbn=Bristow China| styletitle="width: 10%; vertical-alignChina in Drag: top; textTravels with a Cross-align: center;"dresser|author=Michael Bristow|rating=4[[image:Mourby_Rooms.jpg|leftgenre=Autobiography|linksummary=https://www.amazon.coHaving worked for nine years in Bejing as a journalist for the BBC, author Michael Bristow decided to write about Chinese history.uk/gp/product/1785782754?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbagHaving been learning the local language for several years, Bristow asked his language teacher for guidance -21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1785782754]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Rooms with the language teacher, born in the early fifties, offered Bristow a View: The Secret Life compelling picture of Great Hotels by Adrian Mourby]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Travel|Travel]]life in Communist China - but added to that, [[:Category:History|History]] Adrian Mourby has given us a flying visit to each Bristow was greatly surprised to find that his language teacher also enjoyed spending his spare time in ladies clothing. It soon becomes clear that the tale told here is immensely personal - yet also paints a fascinating portrait of fifty grand hotels, from fourteen regions one of the world, with the hotels in each section being arranged chronologically rather than by region, which helps to give something of an overall picture's most intriguing nations. So what makes a hotel 'grand'? The first hotel to call itself 'grand' was in covent Garden in 1774 and it ushered in the beginning of a period when a hotel would be }}{{Frontpage|isbn=Hurst_Norfolk|title=On My Way: Norfolk Coastal Walks|author=John Hurst|rating=4|genre=Art|summary=It was pure serendipity: after a lifestyle choice rather than a refuge for those without friends and family conveniently nearby. The hotels five-hour drive, we visit all began life in different circumstances and each faced a different set of challenges. We begin in the Americaswere, annoyingly, move left with an hour to the United Kingdom, circumnavigate Europefill in Blakeney before we could have the keys to our holiday cottage. There was an art exhibition in the church hall, briefly visit Russia so we went in - and Turkey then northern Africa, India and Asia. Australia, it seems, does not go for found a display of the grandmost gorgeous pictures. [[Rooms with a View: The Secret Life I'd cheerfully have bought every one and hung them on our walls, but thought that I would have to make do with a couple of Great Hotels by Adrian Mourby|Full Review]] <!-- Stewart -->|-| style="widthgreetings cards when I saw ''On My Way: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Stewart_Marches.jpg|left|link=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0099581892?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0099581892]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Marches by Rory Stewart]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Travel|Travel]], [[:Category:History|History]] The Observer quote on the front of the paperback edition of Stewart's latest book observes ''This is travel writing at its finest.'' Perhaps, but to call it travel writing is to totally under-sell it. This is erudition at its finest. Stewart has the background to do this: he had an international upbringing and followed his father in both the Army and the Foreign Office, and then (to his father's, bemusement, shall we say) became an MP. Oh, and he walked 6,000 miles across Afghanistan in 2002. A walk along the Scottish borders should be a doddle by comparison. [[The Marches by Rory Stewart|Full Review]] <!-- Nicholson -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Nicholson_Tambourine.jpg|left|link=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1524681822?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1524681822]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Mr Tambourine Man by Nicholson]]=== [[image:3.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Lifestyle|Lifestyle]], [[:Category:Travel|Travel]] Back in 1965 we heard ''Mr Tambourine Man'' by the Byrds on the radio very regularly. Nicholson was thirteen and saw the 45rpm recording of the song in the window of the local music store and would have loved to be able to buy it but didn't have the money. Thirteen-year olds didn't in those days unless it was a birthday or Christmas and you couldn't get a part-time job until you were fifteen. There would be a few of those badly-paid jobs before he finished his A levels and went to New York for three months. It's this trip which Nicholson feels turned him from being a boy into a man and allowed him to see the bigger picture. <!-- Bristow -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Bristow China.jpg|left|link=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1910985902?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1910985902]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[China in Drag: Travels with a Cross-dresser by Michael Bristow]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Autobiography|Autobiography]] [[:Category:Politics and Society|Politics and Society]], [[:Category:Travel|Travel]] Having worked for nine years in Bejing as a journalist for the BBC, author Michael Bristow decided to write about Chinese history. Having been learning the local language for several years, Bristow asked his language teacher for guidance - the language teacher, born in the early fifties, offered Bristow a compelling picture of life in Communist China - but added to that, Bristow was greatly surprised to find that his language teacher also enjoyed spending his spare time in ladies clothing. It soon becomes clear that the tale told here is immensely personal - yet also paints a fascinating portrait of one of the world's most intriguing nations. [[China in Drag: Travels with a Cross-dresser by Michael Bristow|Full Review]] <!-- Jenkins -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Jenkins_100.jpg|left|link=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/024197898X?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=024197898X]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Britain's 100 Best Railway Stations by Simon Jenkins]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Reference|Reference]], [[:Category:Art|Art]], [[:Category:Travel|Travel]] In the mid twentieth century the railway was something which harked back to the Victorian age with trains being supplanted by cars and planes, but steam was being replaced by oil, even then and in the twenty-first century oil is giving way to electricity. It's cleaner, more environmentally friendly and the stations which we'd all rushed through as quickly as possible, keen to escape their grime, were restored and became places to be admired, possibly even lingered in. Simon Jenkins has chosen his hundred best railway stations. [[Britain's 100 Best Railway Stations by Simon Jenkins|Full Review]] <!-- Hailstone -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Hailstone_Berlin.jpg|left|link=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1445672901?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1445672901]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Berlin in the Cold War: 1959 to 1966 by Allan Hailstone]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:History|History]], [[:Category:Travel|Travel]] ''Berlin in the Cold War: 1959-1966'' contains almost 200 photographs taken by author / photographer Allan Hailstone in his visits to the city during this period. The images provide an insight into the changing nature of the divide between East and West Berlin and a glimpse into life in the city during the Cold War. [[Berlin in the Cold War: 1959 to 1966 by Allan Hailstone|Full Review]] <!-- Taylor -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Taylor_Scilly.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/178475515X/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[The Life of a Scilly Sergeant by Colin Taylor]]=== [[image:4.5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Travel|Travel]], [[:Category:Humour|Humour]] Meet the Isles of Scilly. (I know they should be called that – the author provides a handy guide to the etiquette of their name, their nature and location, etc.) For our more distant readers, they're several chunks of granite rock out in the Atlantic, where Cornwall is pointing, with just 2,200 permanent residents. They're big on tourism, and big on growing flowers in the tropical climate the Gulf Stream bequeaths them – although the weather is bad enough to turn any car to a rust bucket within years. They're so wee, and so idyllic-seeming, especially at night, you can be mistaken for thinking there would be no need for a police presence. But there is – at least two working at any one time. And one of them in recent years has been Colin Taylor, who has done his official duty – alongside maintaining a well-known online existence, which has brought to life all the whimsical comedy of his work. [[The Life of a Scilly Sergeant by Colin Taylor|Full Review]] <!-- Maconie -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:MACONIE_lONG.jpg|link=http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1785030531/ref=nosim?tag=thebookbag-21]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Long Road From Jarrow by Stuart Maconie]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Travel|Travel]], [[:Category:Politics and Society|Politics and Society]] I cancelled my ''Country Walking'' magazine subscription about a year ago and the only thing I miss is Stuart Maconie's column. His down-to-earth approach and sharp wit belie an equally sharp intellect and a soul more sensitive than he might be willing to admit. Let's be honest, though, I picked this one up because of someone else's review, in which I spotted names like Ferryhill and Newton Aycliffe. Places I grew up in. Like Maconie I have no connection (that I know of) to the Jarrow Crusade but when he talks about it being ''a whole matrix of events reducible to one word like Aberfan, Hillsborough, or Orgreave'' then somehow it does become part of my history too. Tangentially, at least. [[Long Road From Jarrow by Stuart Maconie|Full Review]] <!-- Hurst -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Hurst_Norfolk.jpg|left|link=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/095444003X?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=095444003X]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[On My Way: Norfolk Coastal Walks by John Hurst]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Art|Art]],[[:Category:Sport|Sport]] It was pure serendipity: after a five-hour drive we were, annoyingly, left with an hour to fill in Blakeney before we could have the keys to our holiday cottage. There was an art exhibition in the church hall, so we went in - and found a display of the most gorgeous pictures. I'd cheerfully have bought every one and hung them on our walls, but thought that I would have to make do with a couple of greetings cards when I saw ''On My Way: Norfolk Coastal Walks'' and I couldn't resist buying it. [[On My Way: Norfolk Coastal Walks by John Hurst|Full Review]] <!-- Morris -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Morris_Footsteps.jpg|left|link=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/144567114X?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=144567114X]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"| ===[[In the Footsteps of the Six Wives of Henry VIII: The visitor's companion to the palaces, castles & houses associated with Henry VIII's iconic queens by S Morris and N Grueninger]]=== [[image:5star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:History|History]], [[:Category:Travel|Travel]], [[:Category:Biography|Biography]] It was inevitable that each of the six wives of Henry VIII would have left their mark in some way on the places they lived and visited. This book straddles several categories; it is part history, part gazetteer or guide book, and also a collection of potted biographies. [[In the Footsteps of the Six Wives of Henry VIII: The visitor's companion to the palaces, castles & houses associated with Henry VIII's iconic queens by S Morris and N Grueninger|Full Review]] <!-- Foreman -->|-| style="width: 10%; vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"|[[image:Foreman_Travel.jpg|left|link=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1783704721?ie=UTF8&tag=thebookbag-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1783704721]]  | style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;"|===[[Travels With My Sketchbook by Michael Foreman]]=== [[image:4star.jpg|link=Category:{{{rating}}} Star Reviews]] [[:Category:Art|Art]], [[:Category:Travel|Travel]] I guess the best children's literature can do away with complete veracity, as long as it has something about it that is recognisable – a little of the spirit, heart and character of the real thing, whatever it may be. And if that's the case then it definitely applies to childrenNorfolk Coastal Walks''s literature illustrations, such as those provided close on two hundred times by [[:Category:Michael Foreman|Michael Foreman]]. This prolific artist leapt at a scholarship in the US when heand I couldn'd completed his official, formal studies, and t resist buying it would appear – huge credits list regardless – that he's never stopped moving since, as this book takes us to all corners of the world, and back home again. [[Travels With My Sketchbook by Michael Foreman|Full Review]] <!-- DO NOT REMOVE ANYTHING BELOW THIS LINE -->}}