100 Iconic Buildings to See Before You Die: My Chapters for This Compelling New DK Title
Peru’s ancient Inca capital Machu Picchu. Denmark’s audacious ski slope-power plant. The dramatic domes and portals of Uzbekstan’s Registan square. […]
Going Solo: My Latest Hiking Article for the i Paper on Europe’s Best Solo Walks to Try in a Weekend Break
Sometimes adventure travel in the great outdoors calls you but you can’t answer – because there is no time. Life […]
Grass Roots: My Essay on the Remarkable Icelandic Turf Houses for Lonely Planet’s Journey Iceland’s Ring Road
You drive parts of Iceland’s Ring Road and at times you have to do a double-take: not at the mind-boggling […]
Rum’s Dazzling Dark Skies: Film Collaboration Between Me, Fly Films UK and Isle of Rum Community Out Now!
During 2024 the Isle of Rum, off the coast of Scotland, achieved something quite remarkable: it became just the second […]
The Abandoned Villages of the UK: Talk to the CSMA on How to Get Out into Nature and Discover These for Yourself!
It’s always amazing to get to speak to the CSMA – truly one of my all-time favourite audiences to speak […]
What it’s Like to Start a New Life in Slovakia: Article for Dreams Abroad
It has been my pleasure these last few months to write a series of articles on life and culture in […]
Peru: to the Nazca Lines and Lake Titicaca for the Latest Lonely Planet Guidebook
Goodness knows how many miles, by shaky internal flight and bumpy road and sputtering boat trip and spectacular mountain hike, […]
A Little Talk on Life in Liechtenstein – the World’s Sixth-Smallest Country, but Mighty Big on Surprises! – Interview for 2GB Radio
On a rain-soaked morning last week I got up at 3am, made myself a particularly strong coffee and tuned into […]
Across the Unsailed Seas – Feature for Britain Magazine on the Otherworldly Orkneys
It’s always an honour to write on one of my favourite topics – experiential history – for Visit Britain’s wonderfully […]
Ten of Europe’s Best Autumn Walks, from Bear Watching to the Prosecco Harvest – Article for i Paper
Summer might be over but there is plenty (if not more!) to adore about autumn. From forests full of flaming […]
Exploring the UK Through its Most Symbolic Foods – Talk to the CSMA
I (quite clearly, I hope!) adore culinary travel but, within the UK at least, to my mind too much of […]
Of Wool and Prehistoric Power: My Work for Visit Wales that Tap into Pivotal Parts of Welsh Heritage
It’s funny what ends up defining us. You can bet that at the time, Wales’ ancient cultures or the farmers, […]
Finland: A First-Time Guide – Article for Lonely Planet
Sometimes you just want to know the nuts and bolts of a country – when to go, why to go, […]
The UK’s Best Solo Hikes – Feature for i Paper
It’s all very well, as the weather warms and the flowers prettify the hedgerows again, to talk about getting out […]
Larger than Life: my Feature on the Enigmatic Chalk Figures of England’s Wessex Downs
It is a landscape bypassed by many, as they motor between London and the Southwest of England: often experienced as […]
Parenthood Around the World: A New Guide
It’s a pleasure to see this compelling title to which I contributed hit the bookshelves this month: perhaps a fitting […]
