Tom Barber

18/10/2020 29 min
Tom Barber

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Episode Synopsis

Tom Barber discusses with Ivan six things which he thinks should be better known.
Tom Barber was a journalist for many years, writing for GQ, the Evening Standard and Tatler among others before founding the award-winning travel company Original Travel with two friends in 2003. Original Travel has gone on to win a number of industry awards, and specialises in tailormade trips to original destinations around the world, with particular expertise in adventurous and educational family holidays, sabbaticals and sustainable travel, including a new portfolio of train-only trips from the UK. He is currently also Travel Contributing Editor for Esquire, Conde Nast Traveller's only recognised family travel expert, and Glorious Leader of the No Fruit Out of Context Party. Tom lives in Norfolk with his wife and four children.


Paddy Leigh Fermor books A Time of Gifts and Between the Woods and the Water https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Time_of_Gifts and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Between_the_Woods_and_the_Water


Transylvania https://www.originaltravel.co.uk/europe/romania/transylvania


Chateau Musar https://chateaumusar.com/


Philantourism https://www.originaltravel.co.uk/collections/philanthropic-travel


Picture This app https://www.picturethisai.com/


Sabbaticals https://www.originaltravel.co.uk/collections/sabbaticals



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