I've written travel features for many international publications including: Travel & Leisure, Conde Nast Traveller, Budget Travel, The New York Times, Slate and The Rough Guides. Some of my feature writing includes exploring the legends of the Welsh woodlands, documenting the growth of globalisation in the ancient highlands of Ethiopia, the impact of tourism on... Continue Reading →
Technology
I've written about technology on both a corporate thought leadership level and for publications. Recent work includes think pieces on Artificial Intelligence, robotics in financial services and virtual reality. In the past I've written about technology issues for publications including: Wired, The Industry Standard and Business 2.0.
Food
My writing about food and drink has been featured in Bon Apetit, The Observer Food Monthly, Details and Travel & Leisure. I co-founded the popular Gastrokid blog and am co-author of The Gastrokid Cookbook. I also developed the Magic Food Book and the Gross Food Guide.
Columnist
I've been a regular columnist for a number of media publications, including weekly columns for The Guardian Sustainable Business, exploring the intersection of sustainability and social media, and The Industry Standard, where I covered the growth of digital culture during Web 1.0. I also wrote regular columns for Ad Age.
Visit Wales – National Forest for Wales
In 2023, Visit Wales commissioned me to write an essay explaining the genesis of and vision for the National Forest for Wales, based on my book, Return to My Trees. The book was also featured in Visit Wales's annual marketing brochure.
Fools Gold
In Ecuador’s Rain Forest, the Case Against Texaco is Clear-Cut LAGO AGRIO, ECUADOR–At first sight, it didn’t seem that bad. Yes, Lago, as everyone calls it, in the heart of the Oriente, is a dusty, tough-looking oil town. But it was hardly the apocalyptic nightmare I had been led to expect. Where were the rivers... Continue Reading →
Stay Alive in Bed-Stuy
In Bed-Stuy, the nation’s only minority-run volunteer ambulance corps rides the streets, and 911’s not a joke. It’s 10 past four on a fast-cooling early Saturday morning and the red-eye crew of the Bedford-Stuyvesant Volunteer Ambulance Corps is sipping coffee in the back of the ambulance. Martin Law, 30, Timothy Sutton, 28, Angelina Coleman, 23,and... Continue Reading →
Chasing the Dragon
On the road at the 1999 Rugby World Cup At the end of last summer, I was driving on Long Island’s Southern State Parkway when a car passed by me with a sticker on its rear bumper that read CYMRU AM BYTH — or, translated from the Welsh, “Wales for Ever.” My heart leapt. It’s... Continue Reading →
Sport
My minor career in sports writing has included covering the 1994 World Cup for the Village Voice, the 1998 World Cup for Slate, the 1999 Rugby World Cup for Doubletake and various golf features for The New York Times, Travel & Leisure Golf and Golf Magazine.