I recommend the following to help with your writing, travel planning or just for entertainment:
Books
- The First Five Pages by Noah Lukeman
- Troublesome Words by Bill Bryson
- Mother Tongue by Bill Bryson
- Eats, Shoots and Leaves by Lynne Truss
- Lonely Planet’s Guide to Travel Writing by Don George
- Bradt travel guides – to assist your travels
Magazines
- Writers’ Forum – UK writing magazine
- Writing Magazine – UK writing magazine
- The Week – keep up with the news the easy way
- Travel Africa – a must for Africaphiles
- Wanderlust – a portal to the world
Websites/Blogs
- Litopia – probably the UK’s best writing colony
- The Crime Readers’ Association – for all things grisly
- The Write Life – mucho free advice for writers
- The Writers’ Workshop – advice and courses for writers
- The Marshall Plan – writing advice from an author and literary agent
- The Man in Seat 61 – for travelling by rail anywhere in the world
- Skyscanner – find those cheap flights