Why do we travel? It’s this question that haunts Bruce Chatwin’s classic account of a journey to the heart of Australia, The Songlines. It a a question in fact that haunted the celebrated English writer most of his life. Chatwin, who reinvented travel writing with his seminal book In Patigonia, was a restless soul. He travelled … Continue reading The origins of travel: A review of The Songlines (Bruce Chatwin)