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Biography
I stumbled into all this through Bradt Guides' annual travel writing competition for amateurs. With that competition win came an Edward Stanford Travel Writing Award (New Travel Writer of the Year, 2016) and a prize trip to Uganda. I picked up an interesting story in Uganda, entered that into the National Geographic Traveller annual travel writing competition the following year, and found myself winning that one as well. These felt like handy hints from the universe that I try to make a career out of this.Nowadays I contribute regularly to National Geographic Traveller, The Sunday Times, The Independent and Bradt Guides, focusing on an unpredictable range of topics and destinations. I'm fascinated by the histories of the places I visit and will read an absurd amount on a country before travelling there, even if just for a weekend city break.
In addition to the writing, I've spoken on travel writing and family travel as part of the Stanford Travel Writers Festival in London. And bubbling along in the background is a novel I've been working on, set in Sri Lanka during the closing years of the civil war, which I hope to start querying within the year. So I keep busy.
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Specialisms
Adventure Travel, Culture & History, Family Travel, Films & Jet Setting, Flight-free Travel, Rail Travel, Safaris, Slow TravelRecent & Upcoming Trips
Work Links
- The Trip That Helped My Dyslexic Daughter Overcome Her Writing Fears – The Sunday Times
- Ten Of The Best Family Tours For 2025 – National Geographic Traveller
- Four Trains And A Ferry: A Sleeper Train Family Holiday Across Europe – The Independent
- How To Plan A Family Rail Adventure Around Europe – National Geographic Traveller
- 48 Hours In Ajaccio: The Med’s Most Overlooked Island City Break – The Sunday Time
- Seven Of Europe’s Best Cycling Holidays For Families – National Geographic Traveller
- I Took A Family Of Four On A Copenhagen City Break For Under £1,000 – The Independent
- Impenetrable – Bradt Guides
- The Ultimate City Guide To Malmo, Sweden’s Trendy Coastal Hub – The Independent
- The Ultimate City Guide To Casablanca, Morocco’s Screen Star City – The Independent
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