News Claxon! My first book, ‘Along the Borders: In search of what divides and unites the British Isles’, published April 30th 2026 by Penguin Random House, is now available for pre-order! 4 years ago, I found myself travelling along the banks of the River...
Discover top tips on how to pack for an adventure in the UK’s mountains and along its spectacular coastline. Planning a trip around the United Kingdom often means preparing for multiple climates, weather patterns and of course, experiences. One day, you might be...
Discover the brutal and bloody story of Sigiriya, Sri Lanka’s iconic and top-rated tourist attraction. High above the forests of central Sri Lanka, a great block of volcanic stone rises from the plains, its summit scarred with the remains of ancient walls,...
Discover the curious story of Pheasant Island, a 200-metre-long island in the middle of the Bidasoa River between France and Spain, which changes nationalities every six months. On a quiet stretch of the Bidasoa River between the Basque towns of Irun and Hendaye lies...
I travelled to Tskaltubo, a former Soviet spa town, to hear the stories of Georgia’s Abkhazian refugees, who still reside inside ‘abandoned’ sanatoriums intended as temporary homes. “Hope is the last thing to die,” Lasha told me, standing in the...
I travelled into the remote deserts of eastern Jordan in search of a vanishing oasis that once teemed with life. And to learn how conservationists are clawing this wetland back from the engulfing sands. Driving east from Amman, the sun beating down on the dark tarmac,...
Along the Borders chronicles my multi-year journey along Britain's borders, boundaries and frontiers. Published by Penguin Random House, and available now!
