Carole Edrich

Can air travel be accessible to disabled people and environmentally friendly? Columnist Carole Edrich was dispatched to a training day hosted by Aerobility & 4Air. "When I was very much younger, adventurous, and up for any kind of extreme sport...

In the seventh of a series of articles charting the experiences of a Wanstead-based travel writer, Carole Edrich discovers how widely read Wanstead Village Directory is… and that being an oddfellow pays off.

The super-accessible Flanders Fields Museum starts with a screening of Belle Époque splendour, wealth and optimism. The same screen’s back shows the era’s shadier side. My bracelet’s chip has....

In a flow state on assignment while travelling, columnist Carole Edrich takes us to Girona. "I have an on-assignment flow state (a kind of extended hyperfocus) that is somewhere between excitement at the unknown, mindfulness as I take it all in...."

Brussels South Station is Zuid in Dutch. You’d think it would be Sud in French. That would be way too easy. One writer, one Interrail pass and a wildly over-ambitious, 37-stop journey to test railway accessibility in Europe..

A satirical glossary of AI governance terminology from 'agentic' to 'tokenisation' by a risk management professional who knows what governance actually means

One writer one lnterrail pass & a wildly over-ambitious, 37-stop journey to test railway accessibility in Europe. Lille Europe Station makes me think of Blade Runner with its awe-inspiring architecture. At first glance, it seems pared-down...

Jurisdictional complexity, cognitive biases, and too many halves of me. Still searching for home in Brussels. Word game. Count the steps as you descend.

Schaerbeek walks, Woluwe returns, cube-shaped trees and Magritte's grave. Feeling out of place in Brussels - and finding where you fit. Word game. Count the steps as you descend. (part 4)

A neurodivergent (ADHDiva) writer's update on travel, AI, accessibility and everything in between

"The train sings, the world slides by, and I’m in that restful state you get when lulled by the rhythm of a train. The physical distance from London is already helping my perspective. My troubles aren’t on the 10.47 train to Ypres. Sadly, nor am I."

Aloft Brussels, a 120-minute detour through Laeken, pavement surfaces that ruin wheelie bags, and learning to love a city's idiosyncrasies. Acrostic inside. Count the steps as you descend. (part 3)

Walking Brussels hotel by hotel. Le Plaza's scent, Cirio's dubious drink history, and corners best not lingered on. Word game. Part 2

Finding home in Brussels by staying in 14 hotels. Place du Luxembourg, expensive cologne, disgusting coffee. Ixelles. Elsene, Eurozone, Plux, Deciding where to live, hotel by hotel. acrostic (part 1)

still fighting it. A photograph of someone photographing someone photographing coffee. One letter shifts everything.

Carole Edrich uncovers what can be done about exploitation in the arts, with the launch of the Anti-Exploitation Academy

Eurostar trains have their own smell. Business carriages carry notes of clean plastic and electronics. Zoo class whiffs of whatever the indigents have brought in: usually over-strong perfumes, aftershave, crisps, babies and coffee. Aromas become...

Travel columnist Carole Edrich takes us on a tour of Gibraltar, to explore its renewal.

One writer, one Interrail pass and a wildly over-ambitious, 37-stop journey to test railway accessibility in Europe.Unless you’re in the Eurostar Business Lounge at St Pancras, waiting is a noisy, uncomfortable experience. Before the Thalys takeover.

Unless you’re in the Eurostar Business Lounge at St Pancras, waiting is a noisy, uncomfortable experience. Before the Thalys takeover, my points would have earned me access. Now that ‘frequent traveller’ benefit requires 70 trips in a year. That’s...