Zambia wildlife experience
European Jews first came to Zambia, then Northern Rhodesia, at the end of the 19th century. Many settled in its then capital Livingstone. Early arrivals were pioneers looking for better…
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A message from the BGTW Board
The BGTW board responds to the coronavirus pandemic and its impact on travel Travel is changing in ways that were unimaginable just a few weeks ago because of coronavirus. Every…
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Better the devil you know?
All photos © A. Aleksandravicius It must be hard playing second fiddle to a bigger and on the surface more vibrant and appealing city. But often it is the smaller…
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… And granny came too
Successful family holidays don’t just happen, especially three-generational ones. Without careful pre-planning, the holiday could turn out to be memorable for all the wrong reasons. Crucially, will there be something…
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Granny and grandchildren go skiing
For an inter-generational ski holiday, grannies have to seize the moment. To make it happen before the time comes to hang up your own boots, various things have to fall into…
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What expenses can I claim against my taxable income?
We’ve been eagerly awaiting a Budget for several months, but we hadn’t anticipated a change in Chancellor. You can’t predict anything in politics these days! However, I am anticipating many…
Read MoreMindfulness in the mountains
You are walking along a path. It is covered in snow. The sky is blue and all you can hear are birds tweeting. You look down. The snow is glistening…
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Eighty years on: Into the Nazis’ alpine lair
80 years after Hitler was given the mountainside retreat above the market town of Berchtesgaden for his fiftieth birthday, Heidi Fuller-love pays a chilling visit to Obersalzberg. Cars buzz along…
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All aboard for a year of train travel
On 17 February, members of the British Guild of Travel Writers gathered at The Vestry in Farringdon, a Stay In A Pub venue, to listen to talks about the future…
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BGTW visit to Brunel’s SS Great Britain, Bristol
Images © Heather Cowper heatheronhertravels.com unless stated On 18 January, members of the British Guild of Travel Writers met local friends in Bristol for a visit of Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s…
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More on the 2020 Budget
Well, after a false start, we now know that Sajid Javid is going to deliver his first Budget on 11 March 2020. It will be the first, in more than…
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Online photography exhibition: Festivals
Attending a festival and photographing at it has the potential to raise complex ethical issues…
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7 reasons to visit the Curonian Spit, Lithuania
Last September BGTW members Simon Willmore, Geoff Moore, Peter Rosenfeld and Julia Hammond explored the Lithuanian coast. …
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Year of Coasts and Waters 2020
As travel writers and / or photographers most Guild members have seen their fair share of this wide world. We all harbour our hidden spots, our wee corners we consider…
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The biggest travel trends of 2020
The UK’s top travel journalists, photographers and influencers reveal the trends they see developing in 2020 — plus a short list of where to go in 2020. Travel trends to…
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All you need to know about the Budget, except the detail!
The country has spoken and we have chosen Brexit and five years of Conservative government under Boris Johnson. We accountants are now starting to look forward to the next Budget…
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BGTW members gather for Xmas party
The great and the good (or, rather, simply anyone who had bothered to RSVP on time) of the Guild gathered in London for a Christmas do under the elongated shadow…
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BGTW’s Mason wins prestigious Travel South USA award
Mary Moore Mason, editor of Essentially America magazine, was this week given a prestigious Travel South Ambassador Award for her media contribution to America’s 11 Southern States. It was presented by Travel…
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Our political leaders promise spend, spend, spend!
When writing last month’s article, the political world was in a state of flux. I was looking forward to Sajid Javid’s Budget, an orderly Brexit and everything being rosy. At…
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BGTW’s Juliet Rix wins a 2019 Caribbean Travel Media Award
Guild member Juliet Rix, an award-winning national journalist, editor and broadcaster, has won the Best National Newspaper Award in the Caribbean Travel Media Awards for her inspiring coverage of Dominica…
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Leave politics out of it
Rebecca Hay shuns current governmental shenanigans to enjoy the wealth of history and nature in Europe’s richest country After PM Boris Johnson’s much talked-about spat with his Luxembourg counterpart, I…
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