Travelling in the Time of the Coronavirus

Travelling in the Time of the Coronavirus

My heart goes out to everyone who’s stuck at home feeling bored and worried. I’m the only person on the train from Brighton to London. Usually you can’t find a seat at this time of the morning (10:42 departure). The...
My Coronavirus Diary

My Coronavirus Diary

At first I was like Trump – in denial – but when it became clear, except to the most diehard conspiracy theorists, that this wasn’t just another seasonal flu I realised that self-isolation and lockdown were essential. “Easy,” I thought,...

My new travel book on Nepal

Here’s the press release for my new travel book: Escape the virus (at least for a few hours) with Rupert Wolfe Murray’s new travel book: Himalayan Bus Plunge — And other stories from Nepal. In his introduction to Wolfe Murray’s...
1917: I was there

1917: I was there

I’m utterly engrossed in the film 1917, but I also need a pee. I wait for a quiet moment and dash across the cinema. Where am I? Emotionally I’m in the trenches. But I can see the low lights and …

Hitching is eco-friendly and fascinating

My Romanian sister in law was rather horrified to hear that I wanted to take her 12-year old daughter hitching. But she’s open-minded enough to realise that the chances of robbery, rape or abduction — or any of the horrors …