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The Invisible Circus, By Jennifer Egan
Sunday 22 April 2012
The author of 'A Visit From the Goon Squad' began her career with this wonderful coming-of-age story about the curative power of young love
My Life In Travel: Kate Silverton, BBC journalist and presenter
Friday 17 February 2012
First holiday memory?
Virginia Ironside Dilemmas: 'How can I put my parents off joining me on my gap year?'
Tuesday 23 August 2011
Gap Years: All the inspiration you need to take a break
Thursday 18 August 2011
A well-planned and productive gap year can launch your career in the right direction. By Russ Thorne
Harriet Walker: Spare us the guilt over all-inclusives
Thursday 11 August 2011
At the risk of sounding facile, I think we all need a holiday. Just one day out of life, as Madonna has it, to decompress and condense some of the frustrated steam of hatred that has arisen from some of our most disadvantaged communities.
Police puzzled by injured backpacker
Tuesday 28 June 2011
A British backpacker was in a critical condition in an Australian hospital last night after he was found mysteriously lying in the middle of a street with a fractured skull, broken ribs and internal bleeding.
The Way, Emilio Estevez, 128 mins (12A)<br/>Take Me Home Tonight, Michael Dowse, 97 mins (15)<br/>Red Hill, Patrick Hughes, 94 mins (15)
Sunday 15 May 2011
A Canterbury Tale on the Way of St James – only someone forgot to pack the narrative
No one expects the Spanish Inquisition
Sunday 10 April 2011
The beauty of teen fiction for this Easter holiday is its effortlessness in smuggling in learning
Simon Calder: A warm, exotic paradise – with a dark underbelly
Friday 18 February 2011
Some visitors are attracted by the chance to fire an AK47, others by the illicit drugs on offer in Vietnam
Did Australia's backpacker killer have an accomplice?
Sunday 30 January 2011
Ivan Milat was jailed for seven murders. New evidence suggests he did not act alone
Blood Road, By Caspar Walsh
Friday 21 January 2011
In 2008, Caspar Walsh produced an outstanding memoir in Criminal, the story of a childhood spent with an adored, charismatic drug-dealing father who, eventually, lands his son in prison. Setting out on Blood Road, Walsh's first novel, it is hard not to wonder if this is essentially volume two of the autobiography. Two brothers, Jake and Zeb, trail around fringe Britain out-of-season in an ancient camper van with their adored, serial-burglar dad, Nick, as he tries to escape the brutal consequences of crossing a major underworld figure. Is wide-eyed 10-year-old Zeb based on young Caspar, and tough but needy 15-year-old Jake the teenage Caspar?
127 Hours (15)
Friday 07 January 2011
Starring: James Franco, Kate Mara, Amber Tamblyn, Treat Williams
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