June 17th - How could Middle East conflict affect your holiday flight?
Hundreds of flights are being diverted around closed airspace – these are the key impacts, and your rights.This podcast is free, as is Independent Travel's weekly newsletter. Sign up here to get it de...
17 Juni 20255min
June 16th - Norway's new polar bear rules are conservational fascism
Norway has strict new rules in place to protect polar bears in Svalbard (Spitzbergen) from encroachment by tourists. The government in Oslo says: "It is important for them to be able to search for foo...
16 Juni 20254min
June 13th - Tragedy in Ahmedabad
24 hours after the heartbreaking loss of Air India flight AI171, my reflections on the tragedy and what investigators will be looking for.This podcast is free, as is Independent Travel's weekly newsle...
13 Juni 20254min
June 12th - A taste of Mallorca: meet Michelin-starred chef Marc Fosh
I am in Palma, where I met up with an English chef who has made a name for himself – and his restaurant. Marc Fosh talks about Mallorca as an island of plenty, with all the ingredients for a feast – i...
12 Juni 20255min
June 11th - Cascais, Estoril and Sintra – all worth adding to a trip to Lisbon
I’m on something of a personal campaign to persuade more people to add a day or two to their trip to visit one of my favourite Portuguese locations – Cascais, the port planted elegantly on the shoreli...
11 Juni 20254min
June 10th - UK to Germany and Switzerland by direct train – but not this decade
Eurostar promises a new Golden Age of rail with new direct links from London to Frankfurt and Geneva, as I've been hearing from the cross-Channel train operator's chief executive, Gwendoline Casenave....
10 Juni 20255min
June 9th - Remote medicine training
I'm talking to Lloyd Figgins of Travel Risk & Incident Prevention about a course designed for adventurers.This podcast is free, as is Independent Travel's weekly newsletter. Sign up here to get it del...
9 Juni 20255min
June 6th - Vilnius: the intriguing capital of Lithuania, formerly part of the Soviet Union
I'm back in the USSR – or at least what was a small part of that vast and brutal empire. Today, Lithuania is a modern, democratic nation and a member of the European Union. Its capital, Vilnius, shook...
6 Juni 20255min
