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What are the top travel destinations for 2016? I don’t know

  By Robert Reid | November 27, 2015 - 8:29 pm | RO-Writing, Uncategorized
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I don’t mind lists. They are OK in moderation, and if their creator cares about them. Nurtures them. Or at least approaches one like any travel story: ensuring what’s written adds to the conversation of a place or topic. Because otherwise it’s just … Read on →

Do you have travel regrets? (Spoiler: Yes)

  By Robert Reid | November 6, 2015 - 1:37 pm | Uncategorized
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People like to say they live without regrets, but people can be liars. So let’s not be silly: everyone regrets something. And in this month’s UK version of National Geographic Traveller I explain why I have heaps of travel regrets, and how that … Read on →

Why all the fudge?

  By Robert Reid | May 31, 2015 - 6:28 pm | Articles, Uncategorized
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I’ve been spending a lot of time thinking about fudge in recent years. Not about eating it. I don’t like it. But why it’s fudge — even more so than taffy — that best marks an arrival for a “tourist trap” strip of … Read on →

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13 startling facts about clarinets

  By Robert Reid | April 29, 2015 - 2:46 pm | RO-Underdogs, Uncategorized
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I played in clarinet in sixth grade, and a bit of seventh. Like all budding clarinetists, I picked the clarinet because there were already too many trumpet players. Everyone wanted to be brass. Brass is sort of the leather studs of the philharmonic. … Read on →

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Agent Clarineteur: Going to St Lucia

  By Robert Reid | April 28, 2015 - 1:52 pm | Uncategorized
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For years, I’ve dreamed of traveling to a random place – preferably in the Caribbean – and pack a special tool to help find a deeper understanding of how local life really lives. I’m talking about a clarinet. And next week, I’m going … Read on →

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Preview: NYC’s (New) Whitney Museum

  By Robert Reid | April 24, 2015 - 3:41 pm | New York City, Uncategorized, USA
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Manhattan has always been top-heavy, museum-wise. To see one, at least the big guys, you got to go uptown. The Whitney Museum of American Art – in a bizarre cubed building on an unsuspecting street of the Upper East Side – always felt … Read on →

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