XFM Top 1000 Tunes
I’ve been writing music reviews for a forthcoming book: The XFM Top 1000 Tunes of All Time. Apart from being another branch to my polymath/indecisive portfolio, it was a great opportunity to rediscover some classics: Bran Van 3000, Hard-Fi, the Stereo MCs and Patti Smith, among many others.
Death and the Burger
"Halfway down Talaa Kebira, another sheep is parked, tied to a breezeblock while its new owner gets a haircut." Sheep slaughter, food and festivities in Fes's medina - my column in today's Independent looks at life in [...]
Marrakech and Essaouira
My current project is a new book on Marrakech, Essaouira and the Atlas for Footprint. I just spent two weeks out there finding some new places, taking photos and meeting some great people. I stayed in [...]
Footprint Umbria & Marche
For four months in summer and autumn 2008 I explored the piazzas, museums, bars, Roman remains and cookery schools in central Italy, photographing and writing a new book for Footprint, which is now available. There is a [...]
Independent column
I recently had a column in the Saturday Independent Travel magazine. You can read it on their website, or download a PDF. The piece looks at Umbria's relation to landscape, religion and (a certain disrespect for) authority. [...]

Julius Honnor is a writer, photographer and web person who lives in London and travels a lot. He has written several guidebooks for Footprint, Fodor's, Rough Guides and others, as well as for newspapers and magazines.

