From Ibiza To The Norfolk Broads: A Bowie Odyssey by James Briggs
James Briggs had never known what David Bowie’s Life on Mars? meant. And twenty-five years later with a career stealing his soul, a relationship in stasis and a hairline in furious retreat, life on earth had him cornered. So when a lightning bolt of inspiration strikes, he leaves everything behind to cycle one of the song’s lyrics, ‘From Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads’ to discover what life, love and Life on Mars? really mean.
Join us with music and travel writer James in conversation with Daniel Stables as he talks us through the resulting life-affirming journey, his love (and ocassionaly hate) of cycling and the legacy of one of the 20th centuries most beloved and enduring artists. Most importantly find out if he ever did discover what Life on Mars? really means.
About the Authors
JAMES BRIGGS is a writer specialising in music and travel who has worked for the Guardian, the Irish Times and various travel magazines. A lifelong David Bowie fan, From Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads is his first book. Originally from Somerset, he is now based in London.
DANIEL STABLES has been working as a travel writer for the last decade, first writing guidebooks for Rough Guides, and later writing articles for National Geographic, the BBC, and national newspapers. He has won acclaim and recognition for his work, having been shortlisted for Travel Writer of the Year at the Freelance Writing Awards in 2021, and for Travel Feature of the Year at 2023’s British Guild of Travel Writers awards.
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