These days, travel publications crowd the magazine racks, from monthly ‘stay here, do this’ glossies to annual or biannual tomes filled with stories on one destination. Lodestars falls into the latter category, but stands apart. Each volume takes us to one country, and attempts to find the heart of the place. Written very much as classic travel memoir, they might go on a paddling trip, or walk a historic trail, or visit the culinary destinations that embody the terroir of the region. For each trip the authors, photographers and illustrators document the landscape, people and culture as personal experience, lovingly remembered. Lush and immersive, this is armchair travel at its best. Don’t miss it!