European City Breaks

Footprint’s new European City Breaks guide uses lots of my photos, of Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Budapest, Copenhagen, Florence, Lisbon, London, Milan, Naples, Paris, Rome, Seville, Valencia, Venice and Verona.

I also wrote some of it!

It’s a good book to have on the shelf to inspire long weekends.

Frozen Lakes

The Lake District was a frozen wonderland last week. I was there to update the Cumbria chapter of Fodor's England guide, which is getting a colour makeover this year. There wasn't much colour to be had, [...]

Verona

It was a bit of a shock when someone pointed out that I hadn't been back since I wrote my Verona guide seven years ago. It's certainly overdue an update, though the timing of that [...]

Babington House wedding

I sometimes tell people that I don't want to be a wedding photographer, but I can't remember having quite so much fun and being paid for it as at David and Sarah's wedding last week at [...]

Port, Celts, dark clouds and bacalhau

A wonderful week in north Portugal: from Porto to Guimaraes; via Braga to Ponte de Lima, up to Lindoso, down to Viana do Castelo and back to Porto. We walked and ate and swam and took [...]

Café Clock in Shoreditch

The Café Clock project moved from Fes to East London, at the weekend, where we set up a photo shoot for the remaining recipes. And then ate them, with free-flowing wine to keep us productive. Highlights [...]

Barcelona and Girona

Ostensibly a trip to take some missing photos for the Cafe Clock cook book, last weekend became an extended wander around Barcelona, with a side trip to Girona thrown in for good measure. We stayed in [...]