Travel writer. Got into the game through competition wins (@BradtGuides, 2016; @NatGeoTravelUK, 2018) and now can’t find my way back out. @ESTravelAwards winner
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My safari adventure with Heidi is in The Sunday Times today. There’s a lot in here: penguins in the Kalahari Desert; a tortoise who’d lost its shell; even Sean Bean turns up at one point. This was an important trip, chosen with Heidi’s #dyslexia in mind @timestravel
Thrilled to have received a pair of nominations for this year’s British Guild of Travel Writers awards. The competition is fierce, but wonderfully friendly. Really looking forward to sharing a drink with the other nominees at November’s awards dinner @TravWriters #travelwriting
Wonderful day out yesterday guesting for Sebastian Faulks’s XI at the Authors CC President’s Day. Local ales before the first ball was bowled, chilled rosé to accompany tea, well-earned pints in the pub afterwards. And some cricket.
A little bit in love with the design work on my Algeria piece in the latest issue of the gorgeous @JrnYmag. This one tells the story of 12,000 years of rock art, from engravings left by nomadic tribes to the graffiti of 20th century freedom fighters @TravWriters @untamedborders
Cricket day out with Heidi at Essex’s county ground in Chelmsford for the junior schools regional finals day. Heidi’s school won the Herts championship a fortnight ago and are now taking on the best of Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk, Beds and Cambs 🏏
Still riding the high of last week’s #TravMediaAwards wins. It’s given me another chance to reminisce about the game-changing safari trip with Heidi that was at the heart of this success. Very much a win for her, this. Enormous thanks to @TravMedia_UK #TravelWriting @TravWriters
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Here’s to the brilliant independent minds shaping travel stories! The finalists for the TravMedia Awards Freelance Writer of the Year 2026…
Many thanks to Switzerland Tourism for sponsoring the TravMedia Awards Freelance Writer of the Year.
We salute you:
⭐ Ben Aitken
⭐ Dom Tulett
⭐ James Stewart
⭐ Katja Gaskell
⭐ Katy Dartford
⭐ Matthew Dennis
⭐ Tristan Rutherford
See you all at Awards night!
Our finalists, along with other media and industry guests, will be at Awards night on Monday 22 June at The Londoner. Want to join in the celebrations? Limited tables and tickets are available – contact Andy Price at [email protected].
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Celebrating long-form storytelling that leaves a lasting impression! The finalists for the TravMedia Awards Feature of the Year 2026…
A round of applause to the writers who went deep and brought back something extraordinary:
⭐ Amanda Canning, National Geographic Traveller (UK)
⭐ Annaliese Smith, The Independent
⭐ Calum McSwiggan, Metro
⭐ Charlotte Wigram-Evans, National Geographic Traveller (UK
⭐ David Williams, The Telegraph
⭐ Dom Tulett, The Times
See you all at Awards night!
This category is available for sponsorship – contact Andy Price at [email protected] and host finalists at your table on Awards night – Monday 22 June at The Londoner!
What links my recent expedition cruise up South America’s Pacific coast with Steven Spielberg’s new blockbuster #DisclosureDay? The answer lies beyond our world. Stellar ingredients for my latest in The Sunday Times today @TimesTravel @SETI @swanhellenic @TravWriters
Thrilled to have been shortlisted in two categories at this year’s #TravMediaAwards. I’m extremely lucky to be able to write about the people and places of our wonderful world. That others like those stories too is the sweetest of cherries on top @TravMedia_UK @TravWriters
The world’s oldest mummies, a giant spider visible only from the sky, an earthquake that nearly tipped me out of bed, and watching the Artemis launch with astronomers from the SETI Institute. It’s been a trip @TravWriters #Chile #Peru
A serendipitous discovery, a 2,000-mile voyage, our planet’s most spectacular viewpoint, and humanity’s greatest question. A story with its origins in the childhoods of millions. Working on my next piece for The Sunday Times @TravWriters
Tomorrow it’s the Oscars, but the true big ones are still a month away. Delighted to have been shortlisted in the Consumer Feature of the Year category at the @InspireGlobal_ Media Awards #IGMAs #PositiveImpactStorytelling @TravWriters
“In that direction,” my @untamedborders guide said, his eyes straining for emphasis under the dark blue band of his Tuareg headscarf, “it is just sand. Five hundred miles to Mali.” My latest on magnificent, lesser-visited #Algeria @TravWriters independent.co.uk/travel/nor…
Beyond thrilled to have won ‘Travel Feature of the Year - Wider World’ at last night’s spectacular @TravWriters gala dinner. Huge thanks to @TravMedia_UK for sponsoring the award and to everyone who made the evening such a magnificent success #BGTWAwards25
And here’s the piece for @thetimes that won. It’s about a young girl who loves stories, but is afraid of words. But she’s brave, and on a trip to Botswana she faces her fears and finds a way to tell her story. And she sees a zebra #travelwithkids thetimes.com/travel/destinat…
Immeasurable thanks to @Journojacko for the commission - this journey has given Heidi a boost that’s lasted long beyond the trip, and will benefit her forever #travelwriting
Off and running at the #BGTWAwards25. Four glasses of fizz deep already. Shaping up to be a fun one @TravWriters
Have got injured playing most sports at one time or another. But hadn’t expected an inexplicably twanged hip at a poker night would leave me unable to walk six days later.
Days and nights deep in the Algerian desert, about as close to the centre of the Sahara as you can get, with a group of Tuareg guides exploring prehistoric rock art, Neolithic tombs and a humbling expanse of sand @TravWriters
