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GLOBETROTTER


With excellent capture for its size and
a good zoom lens, the compact Sony
Cyber-shot RX100 is a decent bet
for beginners.
sony.co.uk; £499

Topflight action camcorder GoPro
Hero 5 offers 4k video recording,
image stablisation, voice activation
and is waterproof up to 10m.
shop.gopro.com; £399.99

The Canon EOS M6 is a great
option for photographers growing
in confidence, with a host of controls,
from fully automatic to fully manual.
store.canon.co.uk; £730

ALL THE GEAR
Booked the tour, short on equipment?
Here are three new cameras to try while
you learn.

Homegoing
Yaa Gyasi
Through the stories
of two West African
sisters, this epic novel
traces the impact
of slavery through
the generations to
Mississippi, the dive
bars of Harlem and
beyond.


The Tobacconist
Robert Seethaler
Seventeen-year-old
Franz is apprenticed to
an elderly tobacconist
in 1930s Vienna,
where homesickness
for the idyllic Austrian
countryside of his
home is overcome by
the bustle of the city.

The End of Eddy
Édouard Louis
This extraordinary
autobiographical
novel tells the story
of a childhood
growing up in a village
in northern France,
and in doing so shows
us how to create our
own freedom.
Free download pdf