Lonely Planet at 50: how two young backpackers changed the world

In 1972, newlyweds Maureen and Tony Wheeler set off from Essex for Australia with £400 in their pockets. The guidebook empire they founded afterwards made them a fortune and expanded the horizons of millions — for good and for ill. The trailblazers open their photo album to Stephen Bleach

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