“Britain’s misplaced nostalgia for its imperial past is one of the reasons why Britain believes it can survive without any allies post-Brexit.”
@DalrympleWill
on why Britain needs to face up to its colonial past and apologise
The show you’ve all been waiting for has arrived -
@Levisonwood
& I exploring the borderlands of India & Pakistan. Live on
@discoveryplusIN
on 8th September.
I said yes.
💍💍💍
I’ve always been surrounded by strong women who aren’t defined by society’s expectations, and my girlfriend, Andrea Thompson, is no different. But it was still a wonderful surprise when we went for a…
Finally here it is... a little teaser from the forthcoming Arabia documentary, coming out in the autumn! This is what I’ve been up to since last September. If you want to hear about it in person I’m doing a UK theatre tour this autumn.
This thread is excellent. Never understood so clearly how much of our ‘taxation’ systems punish the less wealthy more than the rich; and keep them poorer.
And that brings us to the idea of having maintenance loans at all. It’s not understood enough how the Osborne replacement of maintenance grants with loans has compounded already profound inequalities between students. Kids from poorer backgrounds often now graduate with more debt
Dropping my girlfriend to work at St Thomas’s Hospital at 7am on Christmas morning.
•••
To the staff of the NHS, healthcare professionals, emergency services and Armed Forces, thanks for…
Wow! My article about taking my dad's ashes to India has been selected for a book of the "Best British Travel Writing of the 21st century." Thank you to
@jessicagvincent
@Levisonwood
@monisha_rajesh
for selecting me!
Tonight, at the BGTW Gala Dinner at
@thesavoylondon
, Indian Pilgrimage: Windsor to the Ganges by
@ashbhardwaj
for The Telegraph was announced as one of only 30 authors to feature in ‘Best British Travel Writing of the 21st Century’ book
#BGTWTenerife
On Thursday the 300-year-old Hunningham Oak near Leamington was felled for HS2.
It’s not even on the main rail-route—it was chainsawed for a service road.
This oak began its life around the time Daniel Defoe published Journal of a Plague Year.
The response to the digital version was great, but still special to see your work in print. Particularly on such an important subject. Thank you
@benross01
Am in awe of the
#NHS
teams I work with. They’re out at full stretch right now but still brilliant and relentless every single day, 24/7. What lies ahead might be the toughest few weeks in the history of the NHS, but we can do this.
#ThisIsWhatWeDo
#COVID19
Why do we travel?
How do we do it better?
Can it help us to live more fulfilling lives?
The brand new smart-thinking memoir x travelogue by
@AshBhardwaj
helps us to unpack the motivations for
#WhyWeTravel
✈️
Happy publication day Ash! 🌎 📚
Out now 👉
@Levisonwood
@GeorgeMonbiot
Vaccine rollout at 50%. Pfizer only 88% effective. Case numbers still growing. Masks reduce rate of transmission for negligible personal discomfort. Selfless commitment and respect for others.
The First Mile launches next Wednesday: expect immersive travel dispatches and revealing conversations. The trailer is up now, so please subscribe and get the word out. Would anyone like to review it?
As someone who’s spent a decade in therapy, I can attest to the value of men discussing mental health, which I’m doing on a panel tonight.
#InternationalMensDay
This was the moment, over 6 years ago, that
@Levisonwood
set out on Walking The Nile. It was a monumental project, and I was lucky enough to join him in Sudan and Uganda.
🇺🇬 🇺🇬 🇺🇬
Whilst in Uganda, we walked…
Very excited to finally be able to announce that ‘ARABIA with Levison Wood’ will be airing on
@DiscoveryUK
from Thursday 27th June and throughout July! Ep 1 sees me on the frontlines in Iraq witnessing the downfall of ISIS as well as meeting the amazing Marsh Arabs. More soon!
Wowser. Mentioned
@mariannaspring
in a single tweet, and a bunch of conspiracist trolls sprung up. Can't imagine what she has to put up with every day.
@Levisonwood
I think this in an irresponsible tweet. Not grounded in enough evidence to justify adding confusion to a topic already full of misinformation.
@GoodwinMJ
@charlesmaggs
Shows how much work needs to be done. It’s not “wokeism”. It’s empathy and understanding. And blending damaging statues with footballers taking the knee is deliberately inflammatory and disingenuous.
In this brand new podcast from
@TelegraphTravel
we step into the shoes of adventurer
@AshBhardwaj
as he travels down the Russian border. Presented by yours truly.
A wee trailer to whet your appetite. Subscribe now!
Responded to a request for pitches from
@LDNdailynews
on
@TravMedia_UK
- turns out you have to PAY TO GET YOUR ARTICLES PUBLISHED! Lol! This is not journalism, it's PR masquerading as journalism - which would be misinformation.
The
@IPBES
global biodiversity report is just published.
* 25% of species threatened w/ extinction
* global wild mammal biomass down 82%
* 87% of wetlands lost
"Transformative change" required inc. ending fossil fuel subsidy & moving away from GDP
.
@AshBhardwaj
walks 70km in four days through villages and valleys, past grassy meadows and glacial rivers hiking a section of Slovenia’s spectacular Juliana Trail
5 days until our immersive travel podcast launches with 3 episodes: conversations with
@monisha_rajesh
&
@Levisonwood
plus a narrative dispatch from 🇳🇵
Wonderful to have been nominated for 3(!)
@TravWriters
awards - Broadcaster of the Year & Broadcast of the Year (for The First Mile with
@PipStewart
) and Specialist Feature of the Year for Travellers of Colour in
@TelegraphTravel
This simple gif by Jakub Nowosad shows the effect of the Mercator projection on the real size of continents and countries on a planisphere.
#geospatial
#GIS
#mapping
A former-mate from uni denied the threat from Covid in a whatsapp group. I told him what my (doctor) wife is dealing with in hospital. He doubled down on conspiracies. The real-world threat of disinformation.
I witnessed a really powerful moment today in court. A judge read the harrowing words of a junior doctor to a man who had been on a mass protest against lockdown.
Congratulations to our finalists for ‘National Consumer Feature of the Year’ (1/2):
Ash Bhardwaj for 'Travellers of Colour' in Telegraph Travel
@ashbhardwaj
Jamie Lafferty for 'Wish I were there: South Georgia on my mind' in Financial Times
@megaheid
It would be good if Australian fossil fuel companies paid some of the billions they’ve made by profiting ecosystem destruction and climate change denial.
Deeply saddened to see the extent of destruction caused by the Australianbush fires. Half a BILLION animals dead including a third of all koalas. Please consider donating to help the rescue effort
#AustraliaBurns
The end! After four and a half months and five thousand miles circumnavigating the Arabian Peninsula, through 13 countries I’ve made it to Byblos in Lebanon, on the Mediterranean Sea. The oldest city in the world.
#arabianjourney
I know and respect several of these TV adventurers, and
@Levisonwood
is one of my best mates. They do good things. They’ve worked hard to get where they are.
👏
Every single one of them is a white, male,…
@AshBhardwaj
travelled across Ukraine in 2018 encountering beauty, stories and a great sense of kinship with the country’s resilient people
@timestravel
🇺🇦
@peterpomeranzev
and
@anneapplebaum
on a better cyberspace: “online forums [could] give the same civic thrill that town halls or social clubs once did”