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Simon Calder's Independent Travel Podcast

Simon Calder's Independent Travel Podcast

By: The Independent
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 Simon Calder is the Independent’s travel correspondent, the UK’s leading travel journalist. From news updates to discussions with experts, Simon Calder's Independent Travel Podcast will bring you all you need to know from the world of travel.

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Episodes
  • November 6th - Discover your inner scientist - on holiday

    November 6th - Discover your inner scientist - on holiday
    Nov 6 2025

    Today I'm at World Travel Market, the UK's biggest travel trade event, and talking to Lara Paxton of New Scientist Discovery Tours about the prospects for a new kind of adventure: whether searching for dinosaur traces in the Gobi Desert, or visit the Large Hadron Collider at CERN outside Geneva.


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    5 mins
  • November 5th - Meet the new minister – Stephanie Peacock MP, promoting tourism to Britain

    November 5th - Meet the new minister – Stephanie Peacock MP, promoting tourism to Britain
    Nov 5 2025

    Four weeks ago the MP for Barnsley South took over the tourism brief: a real challenge, in my view, with visitor numbers and spend last year lower than pre-Covid. I've been hearing about her vision for boosting business, and in particular broadening the appeal of the UK beyond London. To places such as Yorkshire ...


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    7 mins
  • November 4th - West Midlands to the West Highlands – by overnight train

    November 4th - West Midlands to the West Highlands – by overnight train
    Nov 4 2025

    The Caledonian Sleeper has long linked London Euston with Fort William in the West Highlands of Scotland, as well as Inverness and Aberdeen. From 15 January 2026, the overnight train will call at Birmingham International, serving the city's airport. I've been hearing more from two Caledonian Sleeper executives: Interim Managing Director Graham Kelly and Head of Sales & Marketing, Steven Marshall.


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    7 mins
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