Lorraine Kelly: “I’d take a honey badger anywhere in the world”
From Singapore to Zimbabwe, the TV presenter shares her favourite places and the surprising companion she would love to travel with.
From Singapore to Zimbabwe, the TV presenter shares her favourite places and the surprising companion she would love to travel with.
TV personality Lorraine Kelly has travelled the world, both in private and for telly shows – most recently exploring the Norwegian coast for a C4 series.
When we caught up with her for our July print edition cover shoot and interview, she took time to share the destinations she loves, her worst travel mishap and her ideal but unusual travelling companion.
Singapore – what I love is you've got a church and a mosque, a Chinese temple and a Sikh temple on the same street and everyone just gets on with it.
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Zimbabwe. It's a beautiful, beautiful country, with the nicest people you could ever meet, although the regime they had is a scandal.
A book.
Normally we only take hand luggage, but when we went to India, we checked in the bags and never got them back.
All my HRT was in there – eventually I managed to find an equivalent, but it wasn’t the same.
A honey badger. They’re badass, they’re my spirit animal.
I’d take one anywhere in the world as my protector.
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