Stuart Kenny

Edinburgh

Journalist and Travel Writer at Freelance

Scottish travel writer (and occasional presenter) Words: The Guardian, BBC, Nat Geo, Lonely Planet & more. Editor of the @MuchBetterAdven Mag. 🌲

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A brief history of the Earth on a walk around the Isle of Arran, Scotland

2 weeks ago | msn.com | Stuart Kenny

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A brief history of the Earth on a walk around the Isle of Arran, Scotland

2 weeks ago | msn.com | Stuart Kenny

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A brief history of the Earth on a walk around the Isle of Arran, Scotland

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Stuart Kenny

Around 240m years ago, a 12-foot-long reptile called a chirotherium walked along a beach in what was then part of the supercontinent of Pangaea, and what is now the shoreline of Kildonan village, on the rugged, southern coast of the Isle of Arran. Natural dykes of black igneous rock – cooled magma – jut out into the ocean here. The houses on shore are backdropped by grassy cliffs.
10 of the best music and singing holidays

3 weeks ago | msn.com | Stuart Kenny

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From DJing and folk to songwriting and salsa: 10 of the best music and singing holidays

3 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Stuart Kenny

Learn the kora in southern FranceThe Kora Workshop is a small UK company that makes beautiful, high quality koras (a type of West African harp) and teaches people how to play them. UK festivalgoers may have bumped into its staff at Womad or Tribal Earth, but it also offers week-long immersion workshops in the Aveyron in southern France. They include seven days of tuition (both individual and group sessions), as well as shared accommodation and the loan of a kora.
Beam me up, Scotland: a journey into outer space in Dumfries and Galloway

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Stuart Kenny

The sun warms my face as I pause between the Andromeda and Milky Way galaxies to gaze at the rolling hills of Dumfries and Galloway beyond. I am not, surprisingly enough, in outer space. I’m at the Crawick Multiverse, a cosmos-themed land art installation in the south of Scotland that was built on the site of an old open-cast coal mine and is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year.
Visitors to UK Now Require an Electronic Travel Permit (ETA)

Mar 5, 2025 | muchbetteradventures.com | Stuart Kenny

Travellers to the United Kingdom, including those from the US, Canada, Australia and more than 30 European countries, must now apply for Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) before entering the country. Each person in a travelling group must apply separately for an ETA - including babies and children - and the quickest way to apply is through downloadable apps on the App Store or Google Play, though you can also apply online from a computer.
Why Does Watching Bad Tourists on TV Make Us Want to Travel?

Feb 14, 2025 | muchbetteradventures.com | Stuart Kenny

Problematic luxury resorts, obnoxious tourists and the catchiest theme song in the history of television. I am utterly obsessed with HBO’s social satire The White Lotus. It seems there is something perversely seductive about watching the morally bankrupt go on holiday. For the uninitiated, each series of The White Lotus is set in a different hotel of the fictional, eponymous resort chain.
Expert Tips: How to Cycle Up Hills Properly

Feb 12, 2025 | muchbetteradventures.com | Stuart Kenny

We speak to cyclist Simon Warren, author of 15 books about hill climbs, to get his tips on how to ride up inclines and tackle steep hills.
The P.O.Ws Who Escaped - Not to Freedom, But to Climb Mount Kenya

Jan 22, 2025 | muchbetteradventures.com | Stuart Kenny

In January 1943, three Italian prisoners of war escaped from British P.O.W Camp 354, near Nanyuki, Kenya. Their names were Felice Benuzzi, Dr. Giovanni 'Giuàn' Balletto and Vincenzo 'Enzo' Barsotti. Their goal? Freedom, of course, but not in the sense that you might expect.