Be inspired: Isabella Bird: Britain’s fearless Victorian adventurer, and her magic lantern slides

Luke Turner talks about his book Out of the Woods, a critically acclaimed work of memoir and nature writing. 

Leading an expedition to the Marquesas Islands to study a rare parrot, Liv Grant treks uninhabited islands, swims shark-filled waters and joins a festival of feathers.

Over the course of 27 days and 708 miles, Brendan Rendall became the first person to run the full length of Malawi, giving him a renewed appreciation for life.

This illustrated assessment of Britain's impact on the world marks the 400th anniversary of the death of Richard Hakluyt, one of the UK's most influential early geographers and a historian of exploration.