Turf Houses: Iceland’s Original ‘Green’ Buildings – Feature for the BBC
Journey far enough into the northwest of Iceland and you come to a place beyond the volcanic rock: a green, […]
The Northern Saints Project: Writing into Being the Christian Crossroads of the British Isles
It’s been a quiet three months on this site, but no chance of that being reflected in reality! Requests from […]
Dream Trips: Adventurous Journeys From Across the Parts of the Globe I Know and Love for the Telegraph
Hiking across the causeway to Lindisfarne in Northumberland on the St Cuthbert’s Way can seem, from certain angles when the […]
Latest Books Out
2019 is nearly out and as the year speeds towards conclusion, I realise that several new titles I have contributed […]
Coracle Catch – Feature for Morning Calm Magazine
All this month, as you may have seen if you have been flying with Korean Air recently (!) my feature […]
The Viennese Cafes That Force You to Talk to Strangers – Article for Adventure.com
As a coffee addict, I adore Vienna’s coffeehouses. Not because of the coffee necessarily. But because of the environment. They […]
Inverclyde’s Radical Rejuvenation: Can this Scottish Port Become the UK’s Top Cruise Hub? – Article for the Telegraph
The River Clyde. Long synonymous with either the boom of industry – or the death of it, and the deprivation […]
Music to Watch Sheep By – Cover Story for Morning Calm Magazine
I returned to Slovakia recently for the first time since I was living there between 2012 and 2015. This time […]
Pablo Neruda’s Chile – Article for Lonely Planet
Land of poets – país de poetas. Having produced two Nobel Prize-winning poets has given Chile such a moniker, and […]
Cuba’s Cayos: The Ultimate Guide! – Article for Weather2Travel
Cayo is the Spanish word for cay – in the case of Cuba, essentially dreamy sandy islets where you can […]
Luke and his Words... 