The Anxious Traveller Files #3: Victoria Leslie on women’s safety and the consolations of isolation

Tom Sykes

The Anxious Traveller Files #3: Victoria Leslie on women’s safety and the consolations of isolation

Tom Sykes

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Abstract

We present the third in a series of interviews that were conducted by Tom Sykes as part of the research for his upcoming book The Years of Travelling Anxiously, available from Icon Books on March 26. In today’s instalment, academic, novelist and author of Bodies of Water Victoria Leslie discusses the gendering of anxiety, travel to remote islands and the anxiety-reducing power of reading.

Original language	English
Specialist publication	Intrepid Times
Publication status	Published - 22 Mar 2026

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities

Keywords

gender disparity
Mental health
travel anxiety
Travel writing
memoir

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The Years of Travelling Anxiously: A Travel Writer's Search for Peace of Mind
Sykes, T., 26 Mar 2026, 1st ed. London: Icon. 272 p.
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The Anxious Traveller Files #3: Victoria Leslie on women’s safety and the consolations of isolation

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The Years of Travelling Anxiously: A Travel Writer's Search for Peace of Mind

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