Honoured for his outstanding contribution to the genre, Palin says travel writing offers an international perspective ‘completely different’ to the US’s new outlook
In a week when the new administration of president Donald Trump in the US has closed the door to travellers from seven Muslim countries, veteran traveller and broadcaster Michael Palin has praised the ability of travel writers to challenge preconceptions and help others understand “why people are so angry”.
Speaking as he was honoured for his outstanding contribution to travel writing with the Edward Stanford award, Palin said: “You have got to understand why people are angry, why people do ridiculous brutal things. Not just Islamic terrorists, I mean, why do so many Americans shoot people in schools? We have to understand where these things come from and travel writing hopefully opens doors, when doors are being closed rather abruptly at the moment.”
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