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ravel is a state of mind. It has nothing to do with distance
or the exotic. It is almost entirely an inner experience.’
There seems to be a Paul Theroux quote to back up
almost anything you want to say about travel; the US travel writer
and novelist has a knack of eloquently conjuring the words to
describe shared experiences that are somehow personal to each of
us. Lately, travel has been an inner experience, centred on nostalgia
for places visited and fervent plan-making for trips to come.
With the chance of the real thing seemingly tantalisingly near
— and yet, at the time of writing, still subject to government
restrictions — we asked some of the most infl uential voices in travel
to give meaning to these strange times. In this issue’s cover story,
Pico Iyer, Levison Wood, Christina Lamb, William Dalrymple, Emily
Chappell, Robert Macfarlane, Ade Adepitan, Felicity Aston and
many more household names reveal the places they hold dearest,
the travel experiences that have changed them, and the destinations
that have demonstrated the power of a place.
Whether it’s a wild encounter, a meeting with someone new, or
simply a moment of realisation that your place in the world isn’t
quite what you thought it was, we celebrate the transformative
eff ect that travel can have.
And on that note, I’d like to welcome the thousands of new
subscribers who value armchair travel as much as the real thing.
In print and online, we aim to ensure you #stayinspired.PAT RIDDELL, EDITORBritish Travel Awards 2019: Best Consumer Holiday Magazine BGTW Awards 2019: Best Travel Writer
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