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 […]
On Travel, Fatherhood and Trading the Amazon Basin for Backcountry Britain – Interview for Intrepid Times
Sometimes, you know, as travel writers we airbrush a lot of things. We pretend our job is the dream when […]
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, […]
Last Night in Havana: Chasing the Blackout Across Cuba
I spent three weeks in Cuba in February and March this year on research for a few writing projects – […]
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 […]
The Greatest Train Journeys in the UK and Europe – Talk to the CSMA
It’s a great pleasure to be talking again to CSMA members in conjunction with CSMA Boundless on Thursday February 11 […]
Don’t Go Chasing Waterfalls?: The Controversial Development Planned for a Cascade-Blessed Welsh Beauty Spot – Article for the Telegraph
Wales’ Bannau Brycheiniog – formerly Brecon Beacons – National Park is a place of bald, broad rocky summits, yellow moors… […]
2025 as a Year for Pilgrimages: The UK’s Best Pilgrimage Walks from Pagan Wonders to Chaucerian Landscapes, for i Paper
The Catholic Church has designated its Jubilee Year – a year only occurring once every quarter of a century – […]
New Year, New Islands: The Isles Awaiting on Sweden’s Latest Long-Distance Hiking Trail – Articles for the BBC, i Paper & i Weekend
New year, new island? An isle – or ten – that you previously hadn’t visited or even conceived of visiting […]
Luke and his Words... 