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Stories from Qatar | Quite Alone
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Posted by Matthew Teller. Earlier this year I was lucky enough to be in Qatar, on assignment for the British Airways inflight magazine. Was the result, with fantastic pictures by Andrew Shaylor. I had a brilliant time writing it so much fun. I hope you like it, too. Click to read. 6 thoughts on “ Stories from Qatar. 12 November 2014 at 4.26pm. Telling stories is something we should all do better. There is so much that is lost because we don’t ask before it’s too late. 13 November 2014 at 2.24am. Enter yo...
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The churches of Dubai | Quite Alone
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The churches of Dubai. Posted by Matthew Teller. When I knew I would be stopping over in Dubai on a recent trip, I began casting around for story ideas. I wouldn’t be there long. Food? No, kind of done it. Old Dubai? Well, maybe, but what, on a short trip? I’d never yet made it to the Hindu temple which I knew stood just back from the Creek in the Bur Dubai souk – and that set me thinking about religious tolerance. At some point I started googling churches. From Our Own Correspondent. Father Lennie told ...
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BBC stories: hot (Doha) and cold (Antarctica) | Quite Alone
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BBC stories: hot (Doha) and cold (Antarctica). Posted by Matthew Teller. A couple of my stories went out on the BBC’s. From Our Own Correspondent. First a hot place. My story from Doha looked at how sudden extreme wealth hasn’t necessarily been a wholly positive experience for Qatar and Qataris. Radio 4 audio here. Starts 17’27” (a slightly edited version went out on World Service here. The transcript, which ran on the BBC News site as this feature article. From Our Own Correspondent. 5 February 2015 at ...
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To Antarctica | Quite Alone
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Posted by Matthew Teller. Few journeys are truly life-changing, whatever we say. This one was. Please click on the link below to read (PDF – 3MB download). Matthew Teller: Antarctica for High Life. Matthew Teller, as published in High Life. 12 thoughts on “ To Antarctica. The Girl Who Wanted a Koala. 2 February 2015 at 4.56pm. 3 February 2015 at 8.28am. But they’re not mine – I think they’re all agency shots, chosen by the magazine…. 21 March 2015 at 5.15pm. Ami (Yearful of Sundays). Thanks so much, Ami.
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Jordan changes visa regulations | Quite Alone
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Jordan changes visa regulations. Posted by Matthew Teller. Yesterday (May 4th, 2015) Jordan announced. It was changing regulations surrounding tourist visas and taxes. On the face of it, this is very welcome – Jordanian tourism is in a terrible state. And Jordanians are suffering because of it. However, the changes raise some questions, which as yet remain unanswered. Here is a link to the full press release. Now for the detail. However, let’s do some adding-up: Petra admission is 50JD, Jerash is 1...
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Jordan visa changes – update | Quite Alone
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Jordan visa changes – update. Posted by Matthew Teller. A brief update to my post yesterday on Jordan’s visa changes. The Minister of Tourism, Nayef Al Fayez, tweeted me. Shortly after I posted to say the changes will come into effect between this month (May) and September 2015:. Some will come into effect this month and all
by September.
And there will be savings that are clear to all. Mdash; Nayef H Al-fayez (@nalfayez) May 5, 2015. Mdash; Michael Nazzal (@MichaelNazzal) May 6, 2015. I’m going t...
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Halley. Back to the desert. | Quite Alone
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Halley. Back to the desert. Posted by Matthew Teller. I’m going back to the desert. The cold desert. This was the tweet that started it all, one evening back in November 2013:. Forget the cold. Itll melt your heart. Mdash; Peter Gibbs (@PeterG Weather) November 23, 2013. I recognised Peter Gibbs. On 14th November, less than ten days before, I’d had a call from Ianthe Butt. An editor at the British Airways magazine. But it was genuine. I said yes. But then I did. This was the result. To get there, you nee...
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Tales from the British Library | Quite Alone
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Tales from the British Library. Posted by Matthew Teller. Back in August, I got a call from a PR at the British Library. They said they’d read my piece on Qatar. Magazine, and wondered if I’d be interested in something else to do with Qatar. What followed was a heads-up about something which I’d already been vaguely aware of, but hadn’t properly focused on the British Library’s ongoing partnership. With the Qatar Foundation to digitise the UK’s India Office government records on the Gulf. The BBC also co...
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