# Colin Thubron

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LSE Literary Festival - Speaking of Love

Contributor(s): AS Byatt, Ben Okri, Helen Simpson, Colin Thubron

Mike Sowden’s island of curiosity

Settling in amongst the sparkling sea views and scented coniferous trees of Corfu, writer Mike Sowden tells Katherine why he is ditching the concept of escape to run towards places and people with enthusiasm and curiosity.   Conjuring up a beautiful stay on the island so beloved by author Gerald Du…

Dancer and choreographer Gene Kelly's wife and biographer Patricia Ward Kelly on Starstruck

Scottish Ballet's Starstruck honours Gene Kelly's creative legacy and his passion for creating "dance for the common man". His wife Patricia Ward Kelly tells us about this fusion of ballet, jazz, tap and tango danced to the music of Chopin, Ravel and Gerswhin. As the winner of the inaugural Sherbo…

Colin Thubron on Russia and Asia's borderlands

Colin Thubron’s keenly observed travel writing has made him one of our greatest writers on place. He drove through the western Soviet Union by car during the Brezhnev era, and ventured into the heart of Siberia after the collapse of Communism. He explored China in the wake of its devastating C…

Colin Thubron's Reading List

Here are four recommended books, mostly influential for my writing/travelling. The Road to Oxiana by Robert Byron (London: MacMillan & Co. Ltd, 1937) A bible for my generation of travel writers. The account of a journey taken through Persia and Afghanistan in 1933-4. Structured as a random dia…

Episode #6: Preparing for the Roof of the World

For me, a journey begins long before I set foot in a new place. It begins months earlier, when part of me already feels connected to the destination, before my body and mind have arrived there. When I enter a new place with curiosity, openness and a willingness to truly experience it, the outward j…

Steph McGovern on how to buy art

Steph McGovern, presenter of new BBC show The Big Deal, is joined by Marie Le Conte to discuss how to buy art. Fleabag actor Sian Clifford on her lead role in "Lady", a new mockumentary film about a fading aristocrat. Why has a new show at Edinburgh about Amanda Knox been so controversial? Tristram…

Why the Best Travel Means Losing Yourself

Colin Thubron once sat in a Soviet customs office watching a KGB officer read his travel notes, unable to tell whether the book he had spent years building was about to be confiscated forever. The officer looked up and said: “This is very poetic. You could publish this.” Widely regarded as the trav…