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Lord Patten to leave after true scale of ‘dark days’ laid bare as BBC admits pay for top bosses soared by 60 per cent
Tuesday 16 July 2013
Chairman of Trust to stand down in 2015 after ‘chaotic’ year of vast redundancy payouts and failure of £100m digital project
BBC announces Mishal Husain as new female voice for Today programme
Tuesday 16 July 2013
Show's stalwart presenter Jim Naughtie has moved to work on coverage of Scottish independence referendum
Something To Declare: Africa’s wildlife A-listers go far beyond the ‘Big Five’
Saturday 06 July 2013
Our obsession with “Big” doubtless has some Freudian explanation. And scholars will probably explain how “Five” is hard-wired into our cultural psyche, from the wounds of Christ to the pillars of Islam. But why must this expression become the raison d’être of the African safari? Big Five experience, Big Five lodge, Big Five tea towel: it’s everywhere.
MI5 officer tells court of her secret date watching spy film
Thursday 27 June 2013
Two MI5 officers disobeyed instructions to stay apart from each other and held a secret rendezvous to watch the espionage film Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, a court heard.
The 50 Best travel websites
Friday 07 June 2013
Whether you want to know where to go, how to get there, the finest places to stay or what to avoid at all costs, Sarah Barrell has a treasure-trove of information for the trip of a lifetime
Room service: The final call on a luxury that is just not profitable
Tuesday 04 June 2013
At the New York Hilton, you will soon have to make do with a 'grab 'n go' cafeteria
Travel Agenda
Saturday 01 June 2013
From coffee tours and festival checklists to the Grand Canal and the pyramids
Independent on Sunday travel writing competition: Write your way to an inspirational week in Croatia
Sunday 21 April 2013
We have once again joined forces with Bradt Travel Guides to offer readers the chance to win our travel-writing competition, with a top prize this year of a holiday for two to the Croatian region of Istria. PLUS have your winning story published in 'The Independent on Sunday' and Independent.co.uk
Paperback review: Anglo-English Attitude, By Geoff Dyer
Saturday 06 April 2013
From Airfix to Amis: The fan-boy as literary critic
BBC under fire as it loses £80m on Lonely Planet sale
Tuesday 19 March 2013
The BBC came under heavy criticism from its own trustees today after selling the Lonely Planet travel guides business to an American billionaire and making a loss of £80 million.
Travel Agenda: California's vineyards, Val d'Isère Chalet Hotel, Chill Factore, Street Food Tasting, Kenya, multi-activity tour, Caledonian Canal
Saturday 19 January 2013
Where to go and what to know
BBC shuts down Thorn Tree travel forum on Lonely Planet website over 'uncomfortable themes'
Wednesday 26 December 2012
BBC strongly denied speculation discussions concerned paedophilia
Forgotten corners of the South-west
Friday 02 November 2012
Elizabeth Zach finds a deserted old town, lonely lakes and a poignant relic of the Second World War
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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