As listeners of her radio shows will know, Clara Amfo has an infectious passion for music - and a gift for uncovering the world’s most exciting new artists. So it probably shouldn’t come as a surprise that she brings the same energy to her travels. In this final episode of Postcards, she talks travel journalist, Greg Dickinson through a few of her most vivid travel memories, including a childhood trip to Ghana, a more recent one to Tokyo, and a taste of the Caribbean at the Notting Hill...

Whether you first encountered Miriam Margolyes as Professor Sprout in the Harry Potter films, or as Mrs Mingott in Martin Scorsese’s The Age of Innocence, or in any one of the hundreds of screen and stage roles that she’s had over the decades — you’ll probably have warmed to her. She’s like that. And as she reveals to Greg Dickinson in this typically lively and forthright interview, travel has been one of the sustaining forces in both her life and her career. From an early memory of...

Ade Adepitan grew up in East London, wearing callipers on his legs as a result of childhood polio - and feeling like adventures were things that happened to other people. But then a chance encounter with a wheelchair basketball team turned all of that upside down. The Paralympic medallist and broadcaster talks Greg Dickinson through a handful of his most vivid travel memories - including a hair-raising expedition up the side of a live volcano in Central America, a meeting with a one-eyed...

Over a career spanning five decades, photographer Steve McCurry has documented everything from war zones to wildernesses, and received many of his profession’s highest awards.  In this episode he takes Greg Dickinson behind the scenes, revealing the secret histories of three of his favourite photographs - from a quietly haunting image taken in the back of a taxi in Mumbai, to a moment of fleeting perfection in Kashmir. To see Steve's photographs: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/postcards | For...

Marcel Theroux grew up in a household where adventurous travel was the norm. So perhaps it's no surprise that he's spent much of his own working life on the road, seeking out stories that other people have overlooked. He relives three of his most memorable trips with travel journalist, Greg Dickinson - from a formative journey to India as a gangly teenager, through to a recent adventure in one of the world's most secretive states. To see Marcel's...

Comedian-turned-travel presenter, Griff Rhys Jones is picky about his adventures. If you've been there, chances are he'd rather not. Greg Dickinson spoke to Griff from his house in Suffolk, where he took us behind the scenes of three of his most poignant travel memories, from a near-death experience at sea, to a moment of stillness amongst the frozen volcanic ash of Iceland. To see Griff's photographs: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/postcards | For 30 days' free access to the...

TV naturalist Kate Humble developed wanderlust when she was young, and has been saying yes to adventures ever since. Greg Dickinson spoke to her from her home on a farm in the Wye Valley - where she told us the stories of three of the most memorable trips she’s taken, from joining a camel train across the Sahara in her early thirties, to coming face to face with a family of gorillas in the remote Congo a few years ago. To see Kate’s...

With the future of travel uncertain, and itchy feet setting in around the world - we've asked the world's best adventurers to take us on a holiday of the imagination. Featuring stories of discovery, delight - and the odd disaster - from Griff Rhys Jones, Kate Humble, Steve McCurry, and more. Subscribe to Postcards now.