Sir Michael’s latest travels take him to Iraq, a land that has fascinated him since he was a boy
Travelling to the war-torn country of Iraq where murderous Isis militias still operate, Sir Michael Palin had no idea the riskiest part of his visit might involve climbing an ancient spiral staircase. But, as he explains, he had good reason to feel genuine fear. The conical-shaped Malwiya minaret at the Great Mosque of Samarra is more than 170-feet high with no railing….