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, [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]