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Art
Artist Super Freak walks in the wrong direction: “No way Jose! We’re better than that!”
We sent risograph artists out to walk Slow Ways because why not?
Article
Midlife mappers: embracing friendship, commitment and the menopause on the muddy trail
Three school friends rekindle their sense of adventure, seeking freedom beyond work, family and menopause, on foot through the West Midlands
Music
Singing the song of the Dee to the Wye
Songwriter Janie Mitchell walks from Chester to Hereford through one of the wettest months ever recorded, and records her own song for the hidden histories and ever-present water
Article
Pilgrims, radicals, adventurers, traders – the people who formed our paths
The Ramblers' Head of Paths, Jack Cornish, tracks the generations making and remaking their landscape on foot and horseback
Art
Tales: Somang Lee’s illustrated field guide to walking with the East and South East Asian outdoor enthusiasts
"I am allowed to take up and reclaim space" says illustrator Somang Lee. In the wake of the pandemic's anti-Asian hate crime, she has reclaimed space through outdoor adventures, and healing through returning to her roots
News
Office workers! Get off your bums!
Ioana Biris of Nature Desks argues that it's time to follow in Amsterdam's footsteps and work outside for the UK's first Outdoor Office Day
Journeys
Tales from the Danelaw
Let architect Thom Brisco take you on a 100-mile tour of landscapes colonised by the Romans, settled by the Saxons, and raided by the Vikings, then fortified by the Normans and drained by the Dutch
Making routes
Walking between railway stations – a new national network
Steve Melia is a travel writer who never drives or flies. He's teaming up with Slow Ways and needs your help to create a walking network between train stations