For sale in CIS only! Most historical accounts examine the Viking Age in one part rather than the whole region of the British Isles and Ireland. Very few pay attention to the continued contact between England and Scandinavia in the post-Norman Conqu...

For sale in CIS only! Cambodia is a long way from Germany – thousands of miles, as it turns out. And in between are some of the world's highest mountains, most inhospitable deserts and least welcoming countries. Trying to make the journey overland w...

For sale in CIS only! In 1897 the Victorian novelist George Gissing undertook a brief but eventful journey in southern Italy. His itinerary took him from Naples to Reggio di Calabria, via Paola, Cosenza, Crotone and Squillace, through the area once...

For sale in CIS only! "The Long Road to Heaven", the annual pilgrimage to the Galician city of Santiago de Compostela has taken place for over a thousand years. In the great cathedral of Santiago are said to lie the bones of St. James of the Great,...

For sale in CIS only! In few countries are concepts of race and colour as important or controversial as in the Dominican Republic. Sharing the Caribbean island of Hispaniola with Haiti, the country has coexisted uneasily with its predominantly Afric...

For sale in CIS only! Once a "respectable" white working-class suburb, Cowley Road is today the heartland of alternative Oxford. Famous for its restaurants and specialist shops, the street has also developed an enviable reputation for its music and...

For sale in CIS only! Portugal is an established member of the European Union, one of the founders of the euro currency and a founder member of NATO. Yet it is an inconspicuous and largely overlooked country on the continent's south-west rim. Barry...