About Chris Alden

Chris Alden is a freelance writer specialising in consumer features for national media - and advertorials and web copy for commercial clients.

Areas of journalism

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Podcasts

Dubrovnik city walls. Photo: Chris Alden

Dubrovnik, fortress city

Guardian Unlimited Travel
Podcast on Wednesday June 6, 2007

Podcasts | Travel

Walk the old city walls, relax in coffee shops and escape to green islands – Chris Alden takes you on an audio tour of Dubrovnik.

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Paris metro. Photo: Chris Alden

Paris for the business traveller

Guardian Unlimited Travel
Podcast on Friday January 12, 2007

Business | Podcasts | Travel

It might be home of the Louvre, the Arc de Triomphe and the Eiffel Tower, but Paris is more than a museum city for tourists. Chris Alden presents a business travel guide.

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Taxi on Blackfriars Bridge, London. Photo: Chris Alden

London for the business traveller

Guardian Unlimited Travel
Podcast on Thursday January 4, 2007

Business | Podcasts | Travel

Chris Alden presents a guide to making the most of a business trip to the capital.

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Guide to business etiquette

Guardian Unlimited
Podcast on Sunday October 1, 2006

Business | Podcasts | Travel

Chris Alden presents four introductions to languages for business travellers – interviewing trainers in Hindi, Mandarin, Japanese and Arabic.

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World Cup city guides

Guardian Unlimited Travel
Podcast on Thursday June 1, 2006

Podcasts | Travel

Chris Alden walks and talks you through six German cities – Cologne, Frankfurt, Nuremberg, Munich, Berlin and Hamburg – for the 2006 World Cup.

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The Parthenon, Athens. Photo: Chris Alden

Sounds of the city of Athens

Guardian Unlimited Travel
Podcast on Tuesday April 11, 2006

Podcasts | Travel

Chris Alden spends a weekend in Athens, taking in the Acropolis, some late-night bouzouki music and a Sunday morning at the markets.

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