Inspiring Travel Writing from Caroline Phillips

Caroline Phillips is a journalist and public relations consultant.
She played a key editorial role in launching the London Evening Standard's much-imitated supplement, E.S, and wrote The Caroline Phillips Interview for the Evening Standard for many years - interviewing pop superstars to cabinet ministers. Caroline was shortlisted for the industry's Oscars whilst star feature writer at The Express and appeared regularly on the airwaves and small screen.
As well as running her public relations consultancy, CPR, Caroline continues to contribute to most national newspapers and is writing her first book. She is available for consultancy work, broadcasting, public speaking engagements and writing projects.
She played a key editorial role in launching the London Evening Standard's much-imitated supplement, E.S, and wrote The Caroline Phillips Interview for the Evening Standard for many years - interviewing pop superstars to cabinet ministers. Caroline was shortlisted for the industry's Oscars whilst star feature writer at The Express and appeared regularly on the airwaves and small screen.
As well as running her public relations consultancy, CPR, Caroline continues to contribute to most national newspapers and is writing her first book. She is available for consultancy work, broadcasting, public speaking engagements and writing projects.
Articles by Caroline Phillips
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A Guide to Brighton
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Caroline Phillips
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United Kingdom
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South East England
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Brighton
It’s said that Brighton is London-on-Sea - with its buzz, nightclubs, pavement cafes, City chains, independent shops, ex-Londoner residents and property prices nearly reaching capital levels. Others claim it to be the new Hamptons, a reference to...
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The New Stylish Holiday: Camping
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Caroline Phillips
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United Kingdom
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Devon and Cornwall
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Cornwall
Camping is no longer the domain of boy scouts or the Peruvian socks and bean sprout brigade. Pitch your achingly fashionable Maharajas’ shikar tent in the right place, and you may find yourself sharing a charred organic burger with Jamie Oliver or...
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From Shopping in Delhi to Spas in Ananda
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Caroline Phillips
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India
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Delhi Region
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Delhi
I’m standing beside a sacred cow and a businessman wearing a ‘Make Poverty History’ rubber band, searching retail nirvana in downtown Delhi.A man squats on the pavement, being shaved. Nearby someone sleeps on a string bed. The smell of bidees...
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In Bali with Healers
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Caroline Phillips
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Indonesia
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Nusa Tenggara/ Southeast Islands
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Bali
The sign on the Balinese street points to the magic man’s house: ‘Ketut Liyer. Painter and wood carver. Medicine man.’ Ketut, eightysomething, is famed for carving wood and telling clients about their previous incarnations, present circumstances and...
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Linda Garland's Bali Houses
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Caroline Phillips
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Indonesia
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Nusa Tenggara/ Southeast Islands
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Bali
Linda Garland, 57, has decorated tropical houses for David Bowie, Richard Branson and Mick Jagger. “I gave one of these to Catherine Deneuve,” she says pointing at her collection of Javanese hats that she has turned into lampshades in her own...
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Mallorca Art Attack
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Caroline Phillips
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Spain
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Mallorca
Forget sun, sex and sangria in Mallorca. The island is being hailed as a cultural hot spot. Is it really a place where there’s now more Picasso than paella? We begin our Grand Tour of Palma at 9.30am when most self-respecting Mallorcans are still...
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In Mumbai With Personal Shopper Monica Vaziralli
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Caroline Phillips
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India
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Maharashtra
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Mumbai (Bombay)
Mumbaikers (as in the residents of Mumbai, as Bombay is now known) love to shop. And the city is hyped as having joined the world’s premier shopping destinations. Designer shopping, they say, at bargain prices. Armed with personal shopper Monica...
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Naibor Camp: A Safari Camp in Kenya
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Caroline Phillips
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Kenya
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Masai Mara Region
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Masai Mara
A baboon is trying to break into our luxury tent as we arrive. The manageress shoos him away and calls a guard who arrives with his spear, a few minutes later. She says our primate friend won't return unless we offer him sweets, which seems good...
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A Stay at SHA Wellness Clinic in Alicante
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Caroline Phillips
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Spain
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Murcia and Alicante
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Alicante
I'm sped from the airport by a James Bond-style driver clad all in black. He plays a CD of New Age dolphin song music, the sort that normally goes with massages and crystals. Is he getting me into the mood for the SHA Wellness Clinic – the world's...
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A Guide to the New New York
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Caroline Phillips
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United States
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New York State
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New York
I swoosh out of my cab at City airport– just a brave 25 minutes before departure - and BA Man spirits my bags to the check-in desk. I saunter down gloriously deserted corridors to the gate cum makeshift departure lounge. (There's little to recommend...
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