Simon Calder

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Simon Peter Richie Calder (born 25 December 1955) is a freelance English travel journalist and broadcaster. He works for various news and travel publications as well as being travel correspondent for The Independent.

Biography

In 1962, Calder joined the Woodcraft Folk and travelled with the group to the Lake District. That same year, after the USSR sent nuclear warheads to Cuba, Calder's parents decided that with Gatwick Airport only two miles away they were in the line of a potential Soviet target.[1] He attended Thomas Bennett School in Crawley.[2]

Calder's first job was a cleaner for British Airways at Gatwick and later as a security guard. He began writing budget travel guidebooks during this period, starting with the Hitch-hiker's Manual: Britain. He later studied for a degree in mathematics at the University of Warwick,[3]

After university, Calder briefly taught mathematics in Crawley before getting a job as a radio engineer with the BBC in London.[4] Calder wrote several books and series of guides including the Traveller's Survival Kit series and Backpacks, Boots and Baguettes. His first broadcast as a travel expert was on Simon Bates' programme Studio B15 on BBC Radio 1 in 1980.[5]

Calder became travel correspondent for The Independent in 1994 and shortly afterwards began presenting for BBC 2's Travel Show alongside Penny Junor[6] until the programme ended in 1999. He then contributed to several BBC 1 shows, including Perfect Holiday and Departure Lounge. Calder presented the final film in the last edition of the long-running Holiday programme in 2007.[7]

At The Independent Calder introduced his strapline "The man who pays his way", reflecting his unwillingness to accept gifts from the travel industry.[8]

Calder's articles have featured in many publications including Condé Nast Traveller, The Evening Standard, High Life (BA’s inflight magazine), and the trade publication Travel Trade Gazette.[9][10]

He continues to contribute to various BBC programmes, including as the 'Global Guru' on BBC News' The Travel Show[11] and on Rip Off Britain.[12] He is also a presenter of short films, and as an expert providing advice to consumers. He regularly comments as an expert on travel issues for other radio and TV stations, including for Channel 5 on their Britain's Travel Chaos – How to Save Your Summer documentary in 2022.[13][14]

Family

Calder is the son of science writer Nigel Calder and the grandson of Lord Ritchie-Calder. He is the nephew of the Scottish writer and critic Angus Calder and educationalist Isla Calder (1946–2000).[citation needed]

Travel

Calder flew on Concorde in 1986.[15] In 2006, he travelled more than 5700 miles by rail across Russia from Moscow in the west to Vladivostok in the east, on the Trans-Siberian Railway.[16]

Calder has travelled to more than 120 countries[17] and lists Northern Ireland, Yorkshire and Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland among his favourite places to visit.[18]

Books

Awards

Calder won the 2011 Christmas edition of Celebrity Mastermind, with Concorde as his specialist subject.[19][20]

References

  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Simon Calder - Travel Expert - After Dinner Speaker - Journalist". Edge Entertainment Agency. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The man who pays his way". independent.co.uk. 4 March 2002.
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Simon Calder". Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Travel writer and broadcaster and senior travel editor for the Independent". Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Programmes and Presenters - Simon Calder". Classic FM. Archived from the original on 22 October 2006.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Broadcasting – Penny Junor".
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Simon Calder". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Calder, Simon. "December 2 - The Story Behind "The Man Who Pays His Way"". Simon Calder's Independent Travel Podcast. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Simon Calder". Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Join Us at the Millennium Hotels Travel Bloggers Conference". Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  11. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Travel Show". 21 February 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  12. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Holiday problems: Simon Calder". Rip Off Britain. BBC One. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
  13. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."My5". www.channel5.com. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  14. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Britain's Travel Chaos: How to Save Your Summer". Radio Times. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  15. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Concorde and supersonic travel: The days when the sun rose in the west". Independent.co.uk. 18 October 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  16. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Trans-Siberian railway". Independent.co.uk. 28 January 2006. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  17. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Simon Calder Celebrates 25 years at the Independent". Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  18. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."6 of travel guru Simon Calder's favourite places to visit". Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  19. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Simon Calder wins Celebrity Mastermind and donates fee to Farm Africa". Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  20. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Simon Calder". Retrieved 15 February 2020.

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