Society & Culture
Peter Barron is a journalist and writer. Starting his career writing for and editing The Algarve News in Portugal, Peter then joined the BBC as a News Trainee working his way up to become Editor of Newsnight. Over a 20 years period, Peter worked for Channel 4 and ITN, and returning to the BBC before moving to Google as Head of Communications for the UK and EMEA. Peter remained at Google for 10 years before deciding on a change of life in Extremadura. Peter and his wife spend half the year here in Spain, currently restoring a barn on their finca in Extremadura with a view to running retreats. Peter has been one of the main contributors to the Frommers Guide to Spain, the latest edition of which has just been published. Support the show (http://patreon.com/IanRutter)