Once called ‘the capital of nowhere’, the Northeast Italian city of Trieste has switched between nations as often as any in Europe....

The old Kenya-Uganda railway was the line that kick-started the idea of 'Safari'. I took a ride in this award-winning story for Lonely...

The Empty Quarter is the world's largest sand desert – I went exploring in this award-winning story for Lonely Planet magazine There is...

The Jordan Trail is a path stretching the entire length of this Middle Eastern country. I spent week walking among its wadis and jebels...

Armenia is a country synonymous with Noah's Ark. I went exploring in this award-winning article for Lonely Planet magazine After 150 days...

Ethiopia is home to one of the world's oldest strands of Christianity. I explored the country's spiritual world for Lonely Planet...

A place I’d always wanted to go, Chanctonbury Ring is an Iron Age hill fort on the South Downs, about six miles north of Worthing. It is...

Striking out on your own can reap unexpected rewards – as Oliver Smith discovers when he inadvertently embarks on his first solo walking...