Stanley Stewart

2 weeks ago | ft.com | Stanley Stewart

Taquile Island lies more than 6km from the shore of Lake Titicaca — far enough for it once to have been used as a place of exile for the...

Mar 22, 2025 | ft.com | Stanley Stewart

At the sunset call to prayer, the site guardian popped his head into the Temple of Amun and said he would be back soon.

Mar 17, 2025 | yahoo.com | Stanley Stewart

At Shark Valley, I took a rental bike and set off in the direction of an observation tower. The path led across a watery prairie feathered with saw grass. It was late in the day, and I was alone. Great blue herons watched me from behind banks of water lilies. Dragonflies balanced on the tips of the grass. A nightjar passed, flying low with its mouth open for insects.

Feb 22, 2025 | ft.com | Stanley Stewart

Dorothy Carrington came to Corsica by way of the London Underground.

Feb 7, 2025 | thetimes.com | Stanley Stewart

Space travel changes how people see the Earth. Viewed through a porthole of the International Space Station, afloat in a black void, the planet can look vulnerable, fragile. When Mark Shuttleworth came home from a week on the space station - he was a self-funded visitor in 2002 - he wanted to make a positive impact on the Earth's survival. But like many people with busy and often public lives, Shuttleworth had another ambition: he wanted to get lost.