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Simon Reeve: ‘Travel helps us to question who we are and where we’re from – that’s how we learn’

Simon Reeve: ‘Travel helps us to question who we are and where we’re from – that’s how we learn’

The adventurer and presenter speaks to Amelia Neath about swapping the heat for the cold, city breaks for rural adventures and the beauty of Scandinavia

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