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Excess Baggage

Travel magazine, featuring travellers' tales, experiences and anecdotes

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Italy

Italy

John McCarthy gets a flavour of rural Italy and its food in conversation with writer Tracey Lawson who investigated the ... Read more

1 Oct 2011

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Israel

Israel

John McCarthy discusses the diverse attractions of Israel as a destination. It's a land whose tumultuous existence often... Read more

18 Feb 2012

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Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

John McCarthy visits Northern Ireland where he stays in two contrasting hotels and hears about different approaches to t... Read more

23 Apr 2011

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England

England

John McCarthy looks at the changing nature of the traditional attractions of England with historian John Julius Norwich,... Read more

31 Dec 2011

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Romania, Transylvania - Rowing across the Indian Ocean

Romania, Transylvania - Rowing across the Indian Ocean

John McCarthy explores Romania with William Blacker who lived there for some years and Lucy Mallows who wrote the first ... Read more

5 Feb 2011

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Walking in Ireland and Spain - Philippines

Walking in Ireland and Spain - Philippines

John McCarthy hears from a bestselling thriller writer about his travels around The Philippines, finds out about a serie... Read more

9 Apr 2011

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Antarctic and Shackleton centenary expedition to the South Pole - In the footsteps of my Ottoman uncle

Antarctic and Shackleton centenary expedition to the South Pole - In the footsteps of my Ottoman uncle

Sandi Toksvig explores two very different sides of the Antarctic. One from an expedition cruise ship and the other follo... Read more

5 Mar 2011

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Greek islands - Ireland by Kayak

Greek islands - Ireland by Kayak

John McCarthy talks to travel journalist Harry Bucknall about his journey round the Greek islands which vary from the cr... Read more

4 Jun 2011

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Colin Thubron Tibet

Colin Thubron Tibet

John McCarthy talks to travel writer Colin Thubron about hiking up a sacred mountain in Tibet and to members of an exped... Read more

12 Feb 2011

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Catalonia - Cornish Coast

Catalonia - Cornish Coast

Sandi Toksvig meets novelist Richard Gwyn and translator Peter Bush to discuss Catalonia and its relationship with Spain... Read more

18 Jun 2011

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Russia - Crimea - Ukraine

Russia - Crimea - Ukraine

Sandi Toksvig discusses the 'Wild East' - Russia - with the BBC's former Moscow correspondent, Martin Sixsmith. Actor Mi... Read more

10 Mar 2012

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Family Travel

Family Travel

John McCarthy takes a look at family travel with novelist Gill Lewis, who has taken her daughters spotting wildlife both... Read more

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Somali Pirates - Montserrat - Languages

Somali Pirates - Montserrat - Languages

Sandi Toksvig meets journalist Colin Freeman who was kidnapped by pirates in Somalia whilst investigating them. He tells... Read more

9 Jul 2011

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Black Prince - Wine trade in Medieval Europe - Lourdes

Black Prince - Wine trade in Medieval Europe - Lourdes

John McCarthy meets a writer who followed in the 14th century footsteps of the Black Prince through SW France; an histor... Read more

17 Mar 2012

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Swimming - Land Art - Sicily

Swimming - Land Art - Sicily

John McCarthy discusses Art and Travel with leading art critic Andrew Graham-Dixon explaining his abiding passion for th... Read more

14 Jan 2012

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Holy places in Britain, Antarctica

Holy places in Britain, Antarctica

Sandi is joined by Nick Mayhew Smith who has undertaken a pilgrimage to every "holy place" in England, Scotland and Wale... Read more

30 Jul 2011

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Cycles

Cycles

Sandi Toksvig looks at the simplicity and versatility of the bicycle as a travel machine with three very different cycli... Read more

25 Jun 2011

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Hawaii - Buskers

Hawaii - Buskers

Sandi Toksvig is joined by country singer Hank Wangford to hear about life on the ranch with paniolo cowboys in Hawaii. ... Read more

23 Jul 2011

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Rites of Passage - Mexico

Rites of Passage - Mexico

Sandi Toksvig looks at rites of passage with Anders Ryman who spent seven years photographing the ceremonies associated ... Read more

2 Jul 2011

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Liberia - Evacuation - Algeria

Liberia - Evacuation - Algeria

John McCarthy looks at Liberia and Sierra Leone with journalist and author Tim Butcher who retraced a journey without ma... Read more

7 May 2011

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