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Belize - Old Touring Guides

John is joined by historian and teacher, David Heathcote, for a tour of Britain using old travel guides.

BELIZE
John McCarthy ventures far afield in the company of the adventurer Hugh Thomson to explore Belize, described by Aldous Huxley as β€˜a place that is surely the end of the world’.

OLD TOURING GUIDES
John is also joined by historian and teacher, David Heathcote, for a tour of Britain using old travel guides; they discuss the pleasures of Victorian Baedekers and 1930s Shell guides, amongst others; writer and broadcaster Charlie Connelly shares his interest in the travel writer H.V. Morton.

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30 minutes

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Sat 7 Feb 2009 10:00

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  • Sat 7 Feb 2009 10:00

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