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Gone To Timbuktu

Gone To Timbuktu

Written by: Sophy Roberts
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 'Gone To Timbuktu', hosted by author and journalist Sophy Roberts, explores the art of travel with writers, poets, photographers and filmmakers. Conversations range from physical journeys to inner landscapes, creative influences and new ideas — themes explored further in the host's Substack, also called 'Gone To Timbuktu'.2023 Art Social Sciences Travel Writing & Commentary
Episodes
  • Series 3 Ep 7: Lance Richardson

    Series 3 Ep 7: Lance Richardson
    Jan 15 2026

    The journalist and biographer Lance Richardson takes on a titan of American literature, Peter Matthiessen — novelist, naturalist, Zen teacher, one-time CIA agent, and author of one of the classic travel books of the 20th century, The Snow Leopard.
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    51 mins
  • Series 3 Ep 6: Steve Boyes

    Series 3 Ep 6: Steve Boyes
    Dec 12 2025

    The South African author, explorer and conservationist takes us on a magnetic river journey through the great spine of Africa. His storytelling leads us into the dreamscape of 'Ghost Elephants' — Werner Herzog's new film following Steve in Angola.

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    56 mins
  • Series 3 Ep 5: Emmanuel Iduma

    Series 3 Ep 5: Emmanuel Iduma
    Nov 28 2025

    The Nigerian author talks about two books: one a journey across his homeland reaching for fragments of history from his nation's civil war, the other a powerful dreamscape evoking the cities of the Sahel, from N'Djamena to Khartoum.

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    46 mins
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