Dear Critters, There is currently a series of travel programmes presented by Simon Reeve on BB2 about places that would like to be independent but aren't recognised by the world. I haven't seen the previous ones, although I have seen his stuff on Central ASia (which does the usual exoticising). However, it is great to see a travel programme looking at a topic of particular interest to political geographers. Web link is: <http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/documentaries/features/places-that-dont-exist.shtml> Nick