Holidays Fuelled By Nostalgia
When, once we get a little older, we travel, do we do so to seek out the new or to […]
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 […]
On Welsh Craft Brews…
Scotland has its whisky and Ireland has Poitín. But on some beery research for the Welsh food and drink quarterly […]
The Best Hikes in Wales (That Aren’t Snowdon) – Article for Rough Guides
I realise I never posted this piece on Wales’ best non-Snowdon hikes, but as it was originally published for the […]
Booming Blaenau: The Welsh Mining Town Transforming Itself into an Adventure Hotspot – Article for Adventure.com
The other week, whilst elsewhere in the country people were enjoying a spot of sunshine, I spent some time […]
Castle Combe & the Cotswolds – Feature for Which?
Oh, the Cotswolds, that Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, where the honey-coloured sandstone houses line quaint village streets that could […]
Cruise control – my Latest Articles for the Telegraph
No one ever really thought cruises would become as big a thing as they have in Britain of all places, […]
2018 (Through My Latest Reference Books, from Puerto Rican beaches to Peruvian train rides to the Welsh coffee scene!)
And there it was, 2018, passed by in a flash! Passed by so speedily, in fact, that I haven’t even […]
How Tough Can Britain’s Toughest Trail Be? – Article for Adventure.com
There were a spate of late Victorian adventurers, Henry Savage Landor springing to mind, who were not content with seeking […]
On Brutality and Bardism – Talk at the PENfro Book Festival, Rhosygilwen, Pembrokeshire
PENfro has been one of those literary festivals I’ve idolised for a while: what after all could constitute a more […]
On the Role of St Davids and Western Wales in Medieval Culture – Talk at the Oriel Y Parc Visitor Centre in St Davids, July 4th
For those of you who have never heard of or paid a visit to St Davids, sequestered way out on […]
A Homage to Scotland’s NW Highlands
In early 2016, for a few very random months, I was lucky enough to live on an estate in Scotland’s […]
Where the Going Gets Green – Article for Travel Ideas Magazine
Travel Ideas produce beautiful glossy quarterly travel magazines aimed at savvy, adventurous travellers with the financial means to go that […]
Europe: A Retrospective – Thoughts On, and New Books Out About, the ‘Continent’ We are Bidding Farewell
Europe: A Retrospective. An exhibition coming to every resident of the UK in 2019. And coming for good. All liberal […]
Song Castle: My New Novel to be Published in Spring 2018
If someone had asked me a few years back if I would be alternating my writing focus between Puerto Rico […]
The New Novel!
I am delighted to announce today that the publishers of Roebuck, Urbane Publications, will be publishing my second novel in […]
