Before the time of celebrity culture, desert islands were places of wonder and personal discovery and spiritualism. Our cultural references are rich in the English language from Shakespeare’s The Tempest to Daniel Defoe’s writing of arguably the first ever novel, Robinson Crusoe. In April 2017 I was “shipwrecked,” on an islet in the Pearl Island […]
Rumours reached me in September 2017 of a plan to “rewild” Britain with wolves. Keen to learn more, I followed the scent of these apex predators into the dense forests of Västmanland, Sweden. Over the next six days I met game wardens, scientists and wildlife guides as I set about examining the possibility of reintroducing […]
In May 2017 I travelled to the Panamanian jungle on the border with Colombia. My goal was to photograph and write a story about the opportunities for the area following the disarmament of FARC. The Royal Geographical Society published the feature in their December 2017 issue. Click the downward arrow below, and scroll to the […]
“At the 23rd Convention of the Parties (COP) climate change conference in Bonn, taking place 6-17 November, a sub-group of concerned US policy makers and politicians are currently challenging their President’s inaction Continue reading at Geographical here photo by UNFCCC
Holly Harrison is hiking from Patagonia to Alaska. I tried to help him out with logistics for crossing the Darién Gap, after my visit there earlier this year. Over several months I then interviewed him for Outside magazine, including comments from him mum and original Americas hiker, George Meegan. You can read the Outside magazine […]