From Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads: A Bowie Odyssey

Following the lyrics, finding a life

What happens when you take a David Bowie lyric as a travel itinerary? Writer James Briggs set out to cycle from Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads in search of the meaning behind Life on Mars?—and found far more than he bargained for.

Part music pilgrimage, part midlife reckoning, and part European adventure, From Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads is a funny, moving, and life-affirming journey through Bowie’s world and the transformative power of getting gloriously lost.