Biography

Background: award-winning freelance travel writer and photographer since 1985. Contributes frequently to major UK newspapers, travel magazines and luxury titles. Worked as travel editor (print and online) of Marie Claire (2001-16), Elle Decoration (1994–98) and Red (1997–2000). Author and contributor to guidebooks published by Insight Guides, AA/Thomas Cook and Dorling Kindersley.
Caribbean specialist – I've been travelling to the region for 25 years and have visited 28 islands and territories.. Example coverage: 50 Best Caribbean Hotels (Sunday Times), on the trail of Bob Marley (Telegraph), sailing in Belize (Sunday Times), Caribbean islands ranked (Daily Mail), How to sell Aruba (Travel Weekly), Caribbean cruise ports guide (Cruise and Travel).

Destination Expertise

Caribbean

Specialisms

Culture & History, Hotel Reviews, Luxury Travel

Recent & Upcoming Trips

Recent trips – 2024: Cayman Islands, Aruba, Antigua, Paris, Lublin (Poland); 2025: Jersey, British Virgin Islands, Athens. Home: London.

Work Links

• Financial Times: Slowly does it on Rodrigues (Mauritius)


• Daily Telegraph: Is this the Caribbean’s most surprising destination? (Belize)


• National Geographic Traveller: Could you cross the Antarctic Circle?


• Daily Mail: The new wonders of the world


• Ultratravel: Around the world by private jet


• Sunday Times: 15 new Caribbean hotels

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