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My inspirational journey: Ronke Osinowo

RONKE OSINOWO “I had an unusual upbringing - I was fostered before the age of one to a white working class couple in Tilbury, Essex. My foster mother was a chronic asthmatic and couldn’t have children of her own due to her condition. My birth mother had me fostered so she could work as...

My inspirational journey: Beardyman

BEARDYMAN “I recently toured New Zealand and Australia with Bacardi. I travelled on a train for two days, up the South East coast of Australia from Melbourne to Sydney, stopping off to play two gigs a day. It was crazy. The bands I was touring with were all really safe and I loved the...

My inspirational journey: Snax

SNAX “I’ve been on some very memorable journeys in my life so far. But it’s more the places than have meant something to me, rather than the journeys themselves. Most strikingly for me was when I saw the Berlin Wall on my first trip to Berlin from New York in ’95. I was stumb...

My inspirational journey: Danielle Moore

DANIELLE MOORE “My first trip away from home was when I was 18, back in ’89. I went to Berlin on a netball trip - we stayed at an army camp and also got to visit East Berlin. We had an amazing time and after we got home the following week the wall came down. I felt totally inspired by...

My inspirational journey: Marcas Lancaster

MARCAS LANCASTER “I’ve never been a fan of ‘touristic’ travel. I prefer to visit countries when I’m working or to be with people who live there. I’ve never developed an interest in ‘places of historical interest’ just because I’m on holiday. I find being a tourist alienating. Having sa...

My inspirational journey: Jazzie B

JAZZIE B “Most of the journeys I’ve made over the last 15 years have been to Antigua, where I travel to at least five times a year. All my brothers and sisters live in the UK, but I’m related to practically everyone on the island. My mother used to send me and my siblings over to Antig...

Trans-Siberian tales

To begin to understand the monumental nature of the Trans-Siberian Railway it helps to know some facts, although it is hard to ever really describe how stunning it is. It is the world’s longest continuous railway network, which leads 9,297 kilometres from Moscow to Vladivostok, crosses 89 citie...

The alternative route

COUCHSURF THE WORLD What’s the concept? Forget about forking out for an overpriced hotel or racing to bag that final dirty dorm bed in some smelly hostel. Thanks to popular community sites like couchsurfing.com, travellers from all corners of the globe can find a free sofa and, usually...

Around the world in 80 electronic beats

ALL ABOARD, ALL ABOARD 1. Happy Mondays: Step On 2. Wham: Wake Me Up Before Your Go Go 3. The Rolling Stones: Start Me Up 4. Led Zeppelin: Stairway To Heaven 5. Jamie Principal: Baby Wants To Ride 6. The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour 7. The Fifth Dime...

The future of transport

Designing transport is how humans dream of the future. From the Wright brothers’ early planes to Michael J Fox riding a hoverboard, fellow Homo sapiens moving in novel ways are singularly arresting. Be they real or fictional, such endeavours are almost too seductive. Transport is so proficient...