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Better Known

Tim Hannigan

13 Nov 2022

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Travel writer Tim Hannigan discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. Tim Hannigan was born and brought up in the far west of Cornwall, but he now lives in Ireland. After leaving school he trained as a chef. He later studied journalism and began his writing career as a journalist and guidebook writer, based in Indonesia. He is the author of a number of nonfiction books, including Murder in the Hindu Kush, which was shortlisted for the Boardman Tasker Prize, and Raffles and the British Invasion of Java, which won the John Brooks Award. His most recent book is The Travel Writing Tribe, about a quest to answer the trickiest questions about the travel genre. His next book, The Granite Kingdom, is an exploration of his own homeland, Cornwall, and is due out in May 2023. Find out more at https://timhannigan.com/. Indonesia https://www.nybooks.com/articles/1966/05/26/in-search-of-indonesia/ The 1811 British invasion of Java https://www.thehighlandersmuseum.com/?p=30029 Cornwall is one of the poorest regions in western Europe https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2016/02/real-cornwall-county-poorer-lithuania-and-hungary The Cornish language https://omniglot.com/writing/cornish.htm The public footpaths of England and Wales https://footpathmap.co.uk/ Eland Books https://www.travelbooks.co.uk/ This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

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