Here's a selection of pieces I have written in recent years, including many of the ones I've most enjoyed putting together.

Bull College, Cambridge
(available as PDF only)
The US Army at the University
CAM, Cambridge Alumni Magazine, Lent 2010


Mechelen stars

(available as offsite link only)
Belgium's up-and-coming city
The Guardian, Jun 2009


The beer here's first-class

(available as offsite link only)
The Watercress Line's Real Ale Train
The Observer, Jan 2009


The definitive guide to modern British music
(available as offsite link only)
A trip through the Sixties, Seventies and Eighties
Daily Telegraph, Oct 2008

Flanders: day and night

(available as offsite link only)
Highlights of the Flemish cities

Daily Telegraph, Sep 2008

So well heeled
Why Puglia is a region on the up
Daily Telegraph, Apr 2007

Stuff the bus pass...
A feature on skiing for oldies, with a little help from Dad
The Observer, Mar 2007


I'm still a proud monoskier

Skiing's answer to the unicycle – and the festival devoted to it
The Times, Feb 2007


Snow food
Pistes 'n' feasts around Alta Badia, in the Italian Dolomites
Sunday Times Travel Magazine, Jan 2007


In the cooler
A ringside seat at the polar-bear wrestling in northern Manitoba
Sunday TImes Travel Magazine, Dec 2005


Sleeping beauty
Between the war and independence, Montenegro wakes up to tourism
The Herald, Nov 2005


More than a mini adventure
A guide to Turin, gearing up to host the Winter Olympics
The Independent, Oct 2005


Fear and loathing in Aspen
Hunter S Thompson's uneasy truce with America's glitziest resort
Snow, Sep 2005


The Zeta effect
What a touch of refracted Hollywood glitz has done for Mumbles
Coast, Jul 2005


Northern exposure
Finnish Lapland: skiing, sauna and Rudolph burgers
Sunday Times Travel Magazine, Jan 2005


Life is but a dream
A float through the languid backwaters of Kerala
New York Post, Jan 2005


Vive le camping
Under canvas in the Ardeche
Sunday Times Travel Magazine, Aug 2004

Diners' guide to Piedmont
A selection of top gastronomic experiences around Turin
Sunday Times Travel Magazine, Apr 2004


A fino romance
A crash course in viticulture and gluttony in Spain's Sherry Triangle
Sunday Times Travel Magazine, Apr 2004


King of the wild frontier
Gone fishin' at a luxury eco-lodge in the Canadian wilderness

Sunday Times Travel Magazine, Feb 2004


Feel the burn
Taking part in the world's longest downhill ski race, and hating it
Good Ski Guide, Dec 2003


Soul survivor
A walk around the urban renewal projects of Harlem
Sunday Times Travel Magazine, Oct 2003


Skier of the impossible
A profile of alpiniste Patrick Vallençant
Snow News, Jan 2003


The Welsh Three Valleys
Learning to ski in the Brecon Beacons
Snow News, Sep 2002


Can you keep a secret?
Skiing in one of Switzerland's most unspoilt valleys
Good Ski Guide, Jan 2002


Better than a fat stripper

The ultimate stag weekend: chuck yourself off a cliff in Zambia

FHM Bionic, Dec 2001