Random House
(Preface / Windmill)
now in paperback
Hugh interviewed by the BBC about his new book
‘I would love to walk with Thomson’
John Sutherland, Financial Times
'An immensely enjoyable book: curious, articulate, intellectually playful and savagely candid' John Gimlette,
The Spectator
Tequila Oil Weidenfeld & Nicolson
BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week.
Nominated Dolman Travel Book Prize.
Two Men and a Mule
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Listen again to this BBC Radio 4 series in which Hugh Thomson and Benedict Allen explore the mountains and rainforests of Peru - with Washington the Mule.
Hugh on his books about Peru
See some of the films Hugh directed, now on YouTube
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Oscar A very personal account of Oscar Wilde’s life and legacy as the first of the century’s 'rock and roll stars'
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several of the 10 episodes of Dancing in the Street: A Rock and Roll History are available on Youtube, sometimes in their American version as the PBS series 'Rock and Roll': like episode 8 on Punk: Jonathan Richman, Steve Jones on how to play guitar on speed (not at speed), The Clash, John Lydon, Johnny Ramone together with Joey Ramone – very rare – and some amazing footage of Patti Smith we found in a fridge, unseen for 20 years. And Hugh went to Jamaica to have herbal tea with Bunny Wailer. Watch and envy. Not least because he drops the TV into the swimming pool in the BBC titles.
The Skull Beneath the Skin
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A verse-film by Damian Gorman, Hugh Thomson and Ben Taylor marking the tenth anniversary of 9/11.
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We know the journalistic story of 9/11. We know all too well what happened on that day. But what we need to be reconnected with is the emotion. What happened to us all just in watching those horrific events unfold – to the way we think about the world, about good, about evil.
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What the story needs is a poet.
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watch the film: under 20 minutes
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see what Bloodaxe Books say: 'This is a remarkable film: do watch it....'
Hugh’s Radio 4 Programme on Machu Picchu
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Listen Again to the BBC Radio 4 documentary on Hiram Bingham which Hugh wrote and presented, Who Found Machu Picchu.
‘A classic’, A.L. Kennedy, Pick of the Week.
CNN Short
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See Hugh's cut-out-and-keep 5 minute guide to Machu Picchu for CNN. Includes a sequence about the discovery of a document revealing more about Machu Picchu's true nature. Written and presented by Hugh.
the 2011 Machu Picchu Centenary
Both The White Rock and Hugh's edition of Hiram Bingham's Lost City of the Incas were re-issued with new introductions to mark the 2011 centenary of the discovery of Machu Picchu.
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