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Welcome to my rented corner of the internet. I'm a freelance writer and travel journalist, and this is something of a shop window, where you can find my published work, as well as film and music projects and other bits of writing. Play nice, now, and get in touch if you have comments, questions, offers of work or grooming tips...
July 2011: I'm back in London for the summer, and planning some travels. In the meantime, here are my latest features:
General: Treme, A Primer for UK Viewers(The Guardian) As the US series premiered in the UK, I wrote a guide to the more esoteric phrases, characters, local products and traditions portrayed on screen.
Travel: A perfect day in New Orleans
(Observer/Mercedes supplement) I was asked to describe my perfect summer's day in New Orleans, which is more or less all of them, but came up with this. PAGE 1 / PAGE 2
I was invited onto this late night talk show to talk about 'English tourists abroad' and whether we're hooligans or ambassadors...
Music: Interview with The Bluetones
(Observer/Mercedes supplement) The lead singer of one of the UK's most tuneful bands recalls their first Glastonbury appearance. PAGE 1 / PAGE 2
(Sunday Times Travel Magazine) What to do after dark in the Thai capital, from hotel bars to nightclubs to shows by Thai Elvi.
(TravelMail) Feature and video report on the opening of the BB King Museum in Indianola, Mississippi. That's in America.
(The Daily Mail) What I thought was going to be my first cruise turns out to be an expedition. Ten days in the Falkland Islands and the Antarctic Peninsula.
(Wizzit) I flew to Bruges to talk to the lead singer of Tindersticks about touring, soundtracks, and European-ness.
(The Guardian) Obviously a tough piece to research. Turns out there are A LOT of bars in New Orleans, and you have to be thorough...
(Honda Magazine) These are the amazing people who will come and get you if you run into trouble up a mountain in Snowdonia.
(TravelMail) I ate seafood in an outdoor hottub, and went to watch the World Oyster Opening Championships. As you do.
(Wizzit) I met the artists that have made this iconic site their new home, once they actually let us in...