travel – Manchester Historian

In the 1960s the jet set took rock and roll global. The ultimate fashion icons, the media mob were fascinated by the ease with which they hopped from one paradise to the next. Alice Rigby looks at this travel elite, exploring their cultish celebrity status.

From The African Queen to Roman Holiday, and from The Motorcycle Diaries to The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Alex Hulmes investigates the inspiring genre of travel films.

From the Italians and Irish going to America to the Indian-Pakistani post-partition migrations, Matt Steadman looks at one of the greatest examples of human travel: mass migrations.

Young upper-class men embarked on luxury adventures on the Continent in the eighteenth century. Xan Atkins explores the world of these comfortable pioneers who brought back art and culture from their travels which inspired British taste for centuries to come.

For centuries, the ship and the stallion competed to be the dominant mode of transport. Katherine Almond look at the evolution of travel and how technological advancement helped open up new tourist trades.