True Travellers Society: Episode Notes for November 11, 2025

Today’s podcast episode was created from the following stories: a collection that spans culture, public policy, media accountability, markets, and travel. Dive into the highlights and why they matter for the way we move, remember, and connect.

Veterans support centres to be rolled out across the country

Source: gov.uk

By Unknown — November 10, 2025

The UK is launching a new national network of VALOUR-recognised veterans support centres, backed by £27 million now open for bids and a total £50 million programme. The strategy adds £12 million to reduce veteran homelessness and extends Op FORTITUDE, promising easier access to health, housing, and employment services, with centres connected to a VALOUR headquarters at the Ministry of Defence. Centres begin opening from spring 2026, reframing veterans as national assets while coordinating support across government and the charity sector.

Impacts of Integrated Land-Use and Transport Planning

Source: gov.uk

By Department for Transport — November 10, 2025

A new evidence review finds that integrating land-use and transport planning can shorten journeys, boost walking and cycling, and improve public transport performance. Case studies show added economic benefits through productivity and urban regeneration, offering actionable insights for policy makers. The annex details methods and the research base behind the findings.

When ‘Protective Presence’ becomes propaganda

Source: Israel National News

By Sheri Oz — November 10, 2025

This reported field visit with Rabbis for Human Rights in the Jordan Valley alleges that a planned olive harvest served more as a media staging than agricultural work, amid a region-wide poor yield. The author argues that claims of settler violence were filmed and later edited by outside media in ways that blurred timelines and locations, raising verification questions. The piece underscores the importance of on-the-ground corroboration when reporting in charged environments.

Rember Yahuarcani On Wielding Paint as a Tool of Cultural Preservation and Resistance

Source: Observer

By Elisa Carollo — November 10, 2025

Uitoto artist Rember Yahuarcani’s London solo show highlights painting as both cultural archive and act of resistance, rooted in rituals like tobacco that bridge visible and mythic worlds. His work channels creation figures such as Buinaima and Fídoma, positioning contemporary art as a vehicle to transmit Indigenous cosmologies while critiquing extractive capitalism. New works, including The Origin of Languages (2025) and AIC/CIA (2025), assert agency over Indigenous narratives and their preservation.

Syensqo – Acquisition of own shares

Source: GlobeNewswire

By Unknown — November 10, 2025

Syensqo continued its up to €300 million share buyback, repurchasing 51,166 shares between November 3–7, 2025, for roughly €3.6 million as part of a fourth tranche capped at €50 million. The company intends to cancel shares acquired in this tranche and holds 1,924,524 shares in treasury across programmes as of November 7. Management reiterates standard forward-looking cautions as the programme advances.

Amaroo Bangalow Review: A Luxury Rainforest Retreat Near Byron Bay

Source: New Zealand Herald

By Bethany Reitsma — November 10, 2025

Amaroo Bangalow offers an exclusive-use, eco-forward escape for couples or groups, with three cabins, a loft, and a pavilion set on a restored rainforest farm minutes from Byron Bay. Thoughtful touches include a pool, fire pit, outdoor pizza oven, and concierge-arranged picnics or massages, with sustainability features like rainwater, solar, and habitat restoration. Rates start at $850 per cabin per night, combining seclusion with easy access to Bangalow and Byron’s dining and beaches.

OOO WITH SIVAN AYLA: UNLOCK HER TRAVEL RITUALS

Source: The Skinny Confidential

By Unknown — Date not provided

Entrepreneur Sivan Ayla shares her in-flight rhythm focused on heavy hydration, simple reading, and quick refresh routines that keep stress low and glow high. Her must-haves include electrolytes, immunity support, and a few targeted beauty tools to depuff and rehydrate on landing. The takeaway: streamline your kit and rituals for maximum calm and minimal effort.

Boyhood

Source: Equator

By Yuri Slezkine — October 29, 2025

Historian Yuri Slezkine reflects on how a childhood diet of adventure classics shaped his map of the world and even steered him to Africa as a young Soviet interpreter. Weaving memoir with literary history, he contrasts place-rooted tales of empire and exploration with today’s placeless fantasy universes, asking how stories anchor identity and curiosity. It’s a meditation on how reading choices ripple across a life’s journeys.

Taken together, these stories chart how we design the paths we travel—through policy that shortens commutes, art that preserves origins, reporting that demands rigor, and routines that keep us grounded on the move. Whether supporting veterans at home or finding sanctuary in a rainforest cabin, each piece reminds us that the ways we move, remember, and tell our stories shape the world we share.