Kevin Rushby

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Guardian Articles

Kevin contributes articles and audio slideshows to the Guardian newspaper. See below for his most recent contributions.

Greece on the rails Saturday 28 March 2009
	Train travel isn't just about 'carbon smugness'. It's about easing into your holiday with a mini adventure, as Kevin discovers on a five-day journey to Greece read full article \| view audio slideshow
A song and dance in Connemara Friday 20 March 2009
	Irish traditions are alive and well at Cnoc Suain cultural centre in Connemara. Kevin drops in for some music and storytelling around the fire. view audio slideshow
Richer sounds Saturday 7 March 2009
	Mali may be poor in most respects but musically it is one of the wealthiest countries on Earth. Kevin meets its biggest stars on his way to the Festival on the Niger read full article \| view audio slideshow
Full steam ahead Friday 14 November 2008
	What to do on a wet day in the Lake District? Kevin takes a tour on Little Ratty - the steam engine that's been running come rain or shine since 1960 view audio slideshow
Mushroom magic Friday 17 October 2008
	Mushrooming is a fascinating but sometimes lethal pursuit. Kevin goes on a tour in North Yorkshire to learn how to tell the delicious from the deadly. view audio slideshow
The other Lycian way Friday 10 October 2008
	It may be a few miles from the tourist hordes at Olu Deniz, but this hidden yoga retreat hidden on Turkey's Lycian coast is a different world. Kevin escapes to Yuva view audio slideshow
A fairytale house in the trees Saturday 20 September 2008
	Kevin Rushby rediscovers the magic of the woods staying in a new treehouse in Keldy forest, North Yorkshire view audio slideshow
Hatching a plan Saturday August 23 2008
	Tourism is threatening the turtle population on Zakynthos, but one local bar man is on a mission to save them and the 'lost paradise' of his childhood... read full article \| view audio slideshow
Hook, line and thinker Saturday August 11 2008
	Looking down at our plates the other night, I heard the dread words. The ones I knew were coming one day. The sound of the apocalypse. "Is it OK to eat fish?" Sophie looked up from her haddock. "I mean, ethically?" read full article \| view audio slideshow
The Other Olympics Saturday August 4 2008
	Mongolia's Naadam games remain almost unchanged since the time of Ghengis Khan. Kevin Rushby joins the festivities... view audio slideshow
Acropolis now Saturday July 26 2008
	Walking through bright sunshine and crowds of tourists in an Athenian street, I glanced down and read the publicity blurb in my hand. The story was there, contained in just a few words: "Museum mission: to house all the surviving antiquities from the Acropolis within a single museum of international stature." read full article \| view audio slideshow
Recycling the New Forest Saturday July 11 2008
	The New Forest has been voted the world's greenest tourist destination. Kevin Rushby puts its credentials to the test... view audio slideshow
A paddle on the wild side Saturday May 10 2008
	Mark Wilkinson used to have an office. It was dry inside the office, clean too. No one had dirt under their fingernails or smelled like a smoked haddock. No one had to do number twos behind a tree and bury it with a trowel. No way. Mark sold sensible pension deals and financial packages... read full article \| view audio slideshow
Goodbye check-in, hello world Saturday April 26 2008
	Coming into harbour, the easterly wind picks up, scalping white caps off the heads of waves. Ahead a fishing boat, rusty and battered around the bows, punches into the chop of water, then turns south. The radio crackles to life on the bridge of our boat, the Glen Massan... read full article \| view audio slideshow
Cambodia's river carvings March 2008
	Deep in the forests north of Angkor Wat, a series of mysterious rock carvings line the banks and peer out from under the Kbal Spean river. view audio slideshow
Eco tourism in China March 2008
	A group of peasant farmers have got together to show visitors the greener side of China. view audio slideshow
Walking on eggshells Saturday March 8 2008
	In our house the bookshelf in the loo is the most reliable indicator of how the green revolution is faring. Ray Tabor's Encyclopedia of Green Woodworking heralded demands for a log cabin. George Monbiot's Heat arrived with a bout of cycle fever. More recently came We Want Real Food by Graham Harvey... read full article \| view audio slideshow
Branching out Saturday December 8 2007
	We all know how to make a hotel green, don't we? You put a pile of white fluffy towels in the bathroom, then place a neat little sign next to them asking guests not to use them for "environmental reasons". A hotelier in Devon once said to me, "This green stuff is all nonsense, but it saves us money... read full article \| view audio slideshow

Video

The latest addition to the site, here you can find video footage from Kevin's various hikes and expeditions across the world.

Kevin takes a tour across America in search of paradise.

Photography

These are some digital shots from recent trips. I'm transferring my back catalogue of slides to digital format and a selection will appear soon. If you would like to use any images for commercial purposes, please contact me via the website.

Pakistani landowner at a men's hejira or meeting hall in the North-West Frontier Province. The men had met to discuss setting up a school for girls with the help of Kwendo Khor, a local charity who were showing me their projects.	Wajeeb Nuseiba, the custodian of the keys to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. His family were appointed by Saladin.	Old man in Pakistan.	Gambia. Member of a dance troupe at the first Kartong music festival.
Posters in Shiraz.	Isfahan.	Persepolis.	The gardens in Kashan. Iran.
Taq-i-Bustan in Kermanshah, Iran. The stone relief shows the Sassanian king killing wild boars that have been driven into an enclosure, a paradeiza. The word was borrowed by the Jews and the Greeks and eventually, in English, became 'paradise' - the epitome of endless bounty.	Tiles at Soltaniyeh, northern Iran. This magnificent tomb for one of the early Mongol rulers was built in 1315 and is one Islam's great buildings.	A youth and his parents in the Elburz mountains, Iran. The image says everything about how the remotest villages are changing.	A view across the old city in Jerusalem towards the Dome of the Rock.
Campfire in a shepherd's hut in the Elburz mountains. I spent an uncomfortable night here before rising at four a.m. to walk across the ridge to Alamut castle.