This is an era of increasingly complex problems, fewer and fewer resources to address them, and failing solutions. Is it possible to find viable solutions to th

Phil Smith's walking tour of East Anglia matches Sebald's erudition, originality and humour swathe for swathe.

On Walking On looks outward onto - or rather, walks through - the work of various writers for whom walking was or is an important element of daily life. The num

"There are few people who have done more for walking, or who know more about walking, than Maggie Spilner.... This is truly a walking encyclopedia for the new m

Walking upright on two feet is a uniquely human skill. It defines us as a species. It enabled us to walk out of Africa and to spread as far as Alaska and Austra