The Telegraph • 15th October 2024 The slow-train adventure that reveals a rarely seen side of Turkey Our writer jumps aboard the Van Golu Express as the country has a railway ‘moment’.
Adventure.com • 19th September 2024 The sound sculpture in Austria where you can hear a glacier ‘crying’ Scientists say it’s likely that Austria’s Dachstein glacier will have melted almost completely by the end of this century. Now, deep in an ice cave, an artist is giving the dying glacier a voice - via an ambitious sound sculpture.
The Guardian • 29th August 2024 Austrian town gets its lederhosen in a twist over modern art Bad Ischl is the first alpine town to be awarded European capital of culture status, bringing nudity and surreal sculptures to a rural area more in tune with classical music and mountain pursuits
The Guardian • 1st August 2024 Scaling the fairytale peaks of Saxon Switzerland in Germany The dramatic landscape was beloved of Romantic painters and hardcore climbers. But the spa town of Bad Schandau provides a gentler introduction for skinny-calfed explorers.
The Guardian • 3rd July 2024 Across Turkey by train: riding the Mesopotamia Express With lengthy stops for side trips, this long-distance journey is a joyful, social experience accompanied by great food and music.
The Guardian • 7th May 2024 Why clubbers are raving about Germany’s cross-country Techno Train With DJs, bouncers and bars, the Nuremberg train offers a complete clubbing experience – and some lovely views of the Bavarian countryside.
The Guardian • 23rd March 2024 Not just cheap beer and old buildings: an arty weekend in Prague A new sleeper train from Brussels is bringing the Czech capital’s contemporary art scene within easy reach of rail travellers.
The Guardian • 21st December 2023 Dresden – the city that saved my Christmas The city’s Christmas markets and baroque architecture will revive even a flagging festive spirit, while its street art is an edgy pick-me-up.
The Guardian • 16th December 2023 ‘So good I went five times’: travel writers’ favourite discoveries of 2023 We asked 23 Guardian travel writers to share their best experiences of 2023, from elegant spas and an art deco cinema to a new ‘megalith’ and a futuristic hotel.
The Guardian • 23rd September 2023 On the midnight express train across Turkey On the final journey in our long-distance rail series we take the Doğu Express, which runs east from the Turkish capital, Ankara, towards Kars and the border with Georgia.
The Guardian • 22nd September 2023 From sulphur baths to Stalin’s home: five great trips in Georgia Spectacular mountains and valleys, natural hot baths and a Soviet-era ghost town are all just a day trip away from the Georgian capital, Tbilisi.
The Guardian • 16th September 2023 Witches, DJs and dancing in the aisles: on board the Culture Train from Berlin to Poland Musicians, dancers and a tarot-card reading artist animate the nearly five-hour journey to Wrocław from the German capital.
Adventure.com • 31st May 2023 How to join South Africa's Boxing Grannies: the club punching against abuse In Johannesburg’s Cosmo City suburb, a group of Boxing Grannies joust and uppercut at weekly training sessions so they’re better equipped to handle domestic violence and other issues at home.
The Guardian • 29th May 2023 From Berlin to Brussels, the night train renaissance gathers speed with the new European Sleeper The latest capital-to-capital sleeper is one of Europe’s most eagerly awaited new routes – and connects London to Berlin in 16 hours.
The Guardian • 10th May 2023 Music and mountains: a green city break in Slovenia Rugged mountains, cave dragons and sustainable cuisine … Kranj packs a punch for a town aiming to leave little trace.
The Telegraph • 13th April 2023 On holiday in the ‘Hamptons of Hungary’ Under communist rule, millions went to apartment blocks on the shores of Lake Balaton. Now, it’s luring Hungary’s A-list.
The Daily Beast • 13th April 2023 How this gorgeous Georgian valley rehabbed from terror to tourism Pankisi Valley is one of the more beautiful spots in Georgia, but for a long time the stigma of terrorism meant few tourists ventured there.
The Guardian • 10th April 2023 My gothic pilgrimage to the set of Netflix’s Wednesday in Romania Tourism here was once all about Dracula, but the Netflix show is drawing young visitors keen to see where the gothy teen unleashed mystery, mayhem and murder
Marvin • 9th February 2023 An inside look at Vulture Thrust Metal Fest: Botswana’s heaviest festival A hulking man in a Motörhead t-shirt steps out of a hatchback in his hometown of Rakops: a village of a few thousand people in the Central District of Botswana...
Adventure.com • 3rd February 2023 How a ghoulish Balkan festival became a hotbed of satire Over a thousand years ago, the villagers of Vevčani, North Macedonia, began dressing up as ghouls and devils to ward off evil spirits, birthing a long-standing pagan festival that’s evolved into a hotbed of political satire.
