In the latest issue of @geographical.co.uk, I reviewed @tharikhussain.bsky.social’s fascinating Muslim Europe, the magazine’s book of the month. 📖 @vikingbooks.bsky.social geographical.co.uk/culture/revi...

I had a blast chatting to the wonderful @dhrutishah.bsky.social about exploring in the British connections to South America in #SmallEarthquakes 👇🏽

I had a blast chatting to the wonderful @dhrutishah.bsky.social about exploring in the British connections to South America in #SmallEarthquakes 👇🏽

For the latest issue of National Geographic Traveller’s Experiences Collection, I spoke to @hylland.bsky.social - author of the brilliant Tears at La Bombonera and Dame Bola - about the joys of immersing yourself in South America’s footballing cultures.

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For the latest issue of National Geographic Traveller’s Experiences Collection, I spoke to @hylland.bsky.social - author of the brilliant Tears at La Bombonera and Dame Bola - about the joys of immersing yourself in South America’s footballing cultures.

Adventure.com has release its 2026 travel list and I was pleased to contribute a section on Beijing, which this year will see the opening of the new branch of the Palace Museum in Haidian. This & more here: adventure.com/travel-inspi...

Reports today say that the UK intends to abstain in any vote at the UN Security Council over the US’s illegal action in Venezuela. Sign the open letter to Starmer that the UK must not abstain on a UN Venezuela vote: stoptrump.org.uk/sign-venezue...

Looking forward to discussing #SmallEarthquakes and Britain and Chile’s shared history - from Tierra del Fuego to the Atacama Desert - at an Anglo-Chilean Society event in London on 22 Jan. 🎟️ Ticket info 👇🏽 www.anglochileansociety.org/future-events

Looking forward to discussing #SmallEarthquakes and Britain and Chile’s shared history - from Tierra del Fuego to the Atacama Desert - at an Anglo-Chilean Society event in London on 22 Jan. 🎟️ Ticket info 👇🏽 www.anglochileansociety.org/future-events

FIFA peace prize in action

A belated bump for @noemamag.com's Top 10 Reads Of 2025, which features my deep-dive on solar storms, alongside some mind-expannding long-reads on geopolitics, AI, consciousness and bulldozers. A shaft of light in the cognitive murk. Read things! www.noemamag.com/noemas-top-1...

‘A thrilling, illuminating perspective on a continent that is closer than we think.’ Many thanks to @unseenhistories.com for including #SmallEarthquakes in its history books of the year list. 📖 @hurstpublishers.bsky.social

‘A thrilling, illuminating perspective on a continent that is closer than we think.’ Many thanks to @unseenhistories.com for including #SmallEarthquakes in its history books of the year list. 📖 @hurstpublishers.bsky.social

Christmas Day lies dead ahead! Here are ten of our favourite history books published over the past year, with entries from @ianleslie.bsky.social, @drjoannepaul.bsky.social, @rooneyvision.bsky.social, @shafikmeghji.bsky.social, @highamnews.bsky.social and more👇 Happy Christmas, all! 🎄

In the new issue of National Geographic Traveller, I wrote about why you should look beyond Brazil for an Amazon adventure. There are shout-outs for Bolivia’s Parque Nacional Madidi, the world’s most biodiverse protected area, & Llanos de Moxos, a little-visited region filled with ancient sites.

In the new issue of National Geographic Traveller, I wrote about why you should look beyond Brazil for an Amazon adventure. There are shout-outs for Bolivia’s Parque Nacional Madidi, the world’s most biodiverse protected area, & Llanos de Moxos, a little-visited region filled with ancient sites.

It was great to listen to @shafikmeghji.bsky.social talk about his enlightening and thoroughly fascinating book about Britain's connections with Uruguay, Argentina and Chile (get your copy here: www.hurstpublishers.com/book/small-e...)

The new issue of @geographical.co.uk has an extract from #SmallEarthquakes on the Atacama Desert. It is a story of how one of the driest & least hospitable places on the planet helped to power a global agricultural revolution, spark conflicts & redraw borders. 📖 @hurstpublishers.bsky.social

In the same issue, I also had the pleasure of reviewing @tharikhussain.bsky.social’s Muslim Europe, the magazine’s book of the month. 📖 @vikingbooks.bsky.social

Really enjoying the new issue of @mountains-magazine.com, particularly the fascinating article on the Copper Canyon railway in Mexico. Also delighted to see a recipe for the Andean classic locro. www.mountains-magazine.com

The new issue of @geographical.co.uk has an extract from #SmallEarthquakes on the Atacama Desert. It is a story of how one of the driest & least hospitable places on the planet helped to power a global agricultural revolution, spark conflicts & redraw borders. 📖 @hurstpublishers.bsky.social

Taking place tomorrow afternoon at the @globetrottersclub.bsky.social in London👇🏽

For BBC Travel’s guide to the best places to visit in 2026, I had the pleasure of writing about Uruguay and Montenegro. www.bbc.com/travel/artic...

🚨 The UK government just published a breakdown of the responses to its consultation on AI & copyright: - 95% of respondents want AI companies to pay for their training data (made up of 88% saying strengthen copyright law, & 7% saying leave it as is) 🧵 1/2

For BBC Travel’s guide to the best places to visit in 2026, I had the pleasure of writing about Uruguay and Montenegro. www.bbc.com/travel/artic...

Snapshots from a brief visit to the gorgeous Bajío city of Querétaro, Mexico.

Thrilled to be shortlisted for the @stanfordstravel.bsky.social Edward Stanford Travel Book of the Year for #SmallEarthquakes 🎉 Many congratulations to my fellow finalists, and a huge thanks to my brilliant publisher @hurstpublishers.bsky.social for helping to make the book a reality 🙌🏽

I published 33 podcast episodes this year. Last week, I posted the most popular five, but I thought I'd also share some of my personal favourite interviews from 2026 First up, @shafikmeghji.bsky.social on the British founders of football in Arg, Uru, and Chile ▶️ open.spotify.com/episode/4zzf...

Snapshots from a brief visit to the gorgeous Bajío city of Querétaro, Mexico.

🎄 Need inspiration for the book lover in your life? Check out our award winners & recent titles. Order by midnight December 15th to guarantee UK Christmas delivery. 👉 hurstpublishers.com @fieryparticle.bsky.social @shafikmeghji.bsky.social @askwilliamblake.bsky.social

Thrilled to be shortlisted for the @stanfordstravel.bsky.social Edward Stanford Travel Book of the Year for #SmallEarthquakes 🎉 Many congratulations to my fellow finalists, and a huge thanks to my brilliant publisher @hurstpublishers.bsky.social for helping to make the book a reality 🙌🏽

Another of my favourite books of the year by @shafikmeghji.bsky.social

Looking for a Christmas gift for a keen traveller, South America enthusiast or anyone interested in lost British histories? #SmallEarthquakes is available for half price in the @hurstpublishers.bsky.social sale until midnight tomorrow (9 December) 🎁 www.hurstpublishers.com/book/small-e...

Looking for a Christmas gift for a keen traveller, South America enthusiast or anyone interested in lost British histories? #SmallEarthquakes is available for half price in the @hurstpublishers.bsky.social sale until midnight tomorrow (9 December) 🎁 www.hurstpublishers.com/book/small-e...

A snapshot of Real del Monte, the heart of Mexico’s ‘Little Cornwall’. The story dates back to the arrival of a band of Cornish miners in the 1820s to rejuvenate the area’s flagging mines. In the process, they introduced football to Mexico & the Cornish pasty, for which the town is now famous.

A snapshot of Real del Monte, the heart of Mexico’s ‘Little Cornwall’. The story dates back to the arrival of a band of Cornish miners in the 1820s to rejuvenate the area’s flagging mines. In the process, they introduced football to Mexico & the Cornish pasty, for which the town is now famous.

🚨 For a 50% discount on #SmallEarthquakes, head to the @hurstpublishers.bsky.social website 👇🏽 www.hurstpublishers.com/book/small-e...

‘[An] ideal Christmas gift for anyone interested in remarkable tales of footballers & pirates, nitrate kings & wool barons, polar explorers & cowboys, missionaries & radical MPs.’ Great to see #SmallEarthquakes in the @travwriters.bsky.social ‘Book Friday’ gift guide 📚 bgtw.org/travel-book-...

Early reviews are starting to filter in for NIGHTFARING, and I am so grateful to Jamie Carter at Forbes for including it on his list of the best books for stargazers. What a lovely review from a fellow night sky lover. 🌌🙏 www.forbes.com/sites/jamiec...

‘[An] ideal Christmas gift for anyone interested in remarkable tales of footballers & pirates, nitrate kings & wool barons, polar explorers & cowboys, missionaries & radical MPs.’ Great to see #SmallEarthquakes in the @travwriters.bsky.social ‘Book Friday’ gift guide 📚 bgtw.org/travel-book-...

Looking forward to returning to the @globetrottersclub.bsky.social in London on 20 December to talk about the journeys & stories behind #SmallEarthquakes, from Buenos Aires to Easter Island, Patagonia to the Atacama. 🕒 2.45pm start, followed by a book signing. 🎟️ globetrotters.co.uk/blog/events/...

Looking forward to returning to the @globetrottersclub.bsky.social in London on 20 December to talk about the journeys & stories behind #SmallEarthquakes, from Buenos Aires to Easter Island, Patagonia to the Atacama. 🕒 2.45pm start, followed by a book signing. 🎟️ globetrotters.co.uk/blog/events/...

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I was delighted to write about the Alishan Forest Railway in #Taiwan for Lonely Planet's latest book. I've been on it the mountain many times to get to my aunt's tea farm. There are also fantastic pieces by @olismithtravel.bsky.social, @shafikmeghji.bsky.social , @monisharajesh.bsky.social.

Great to see #CrossedOffTheMap featured in the recommended books section of the new edition of Lonely Planet Bolivia 🇧🇴 📖 @latinamericabureau.bsky.social www.stanfords.co.uk/crossed-off-...

Great to see #CrossedOffTheMap featured in the recommended books section of the new edition of Lonely Planet Bolivia 🇧🇴 📖 @latinamericabureau.bsky.social www.stanfords.co.uk/crossed-off-...

Some very early reactions to a brilliant biography of Peter Mattheissen by @lancerichardson.bsky.social