I slipped on ice at Kirkjufell once, scrambling for a sunset shot, and the only reason my camera survived the fall was the bag I happened to be carrying. The dignity, of course, did not survive. Over fifteen years of professional travel photography I’ve put a lot of bags through a lot worse than that. […]
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Cinque Terre Itinerary: The Perfect 2 Days (and How Many You Really Need)
I’ve been to Cinque Terre more than once, and I can tell you exactly where I’ve stayed: Manarola, at a small five-room guesthouse called Arpaiu, with a rooftop terrace that looks straight across the harbour and out to sea. I’ve walked the villages end to end, including the steep mountain path over the headland from […]
Things to Do in Vicenza: A Palladian Day Trip from Venice
Vicenza is the Veneto city I’d push you towards if you care even slightly about architecture, and it’s the one most visitors skip on the train between Venice and Verona. I’ve been coming back to this part of Italy for thirty years, and Jess and I finally gave Vicenza a full day and a night […]
Prime Day 2026: The 7 Photography Deals Actually Worth Buying
I have been a professional travel photographer since 2010, and I buy a lot of my gear, and a frankly silly number of memory cards, in the Amazon sales. Outside of sale season, my budget-by-budget photographer gift guide has the same kind of picks organised by price instead. So every Prime Day I go through […]
One Day in Padua: How to Plan the Perfect Day
I’ve been coming back to the Veneto since I was fifteen, when my parents first brought me and a thunderstorm chased us across St Mark’s Square. Over the years Jess and I have worked our way out from the lagoon into the mainland cities most visitors skip, and Padua is the one we keep pressing […]
9 Best Day Trips From Venice, By Someone Who Got Married There
I got married in Venice, in St. Mark’s Square, and I’ve been coming back to the city since I was fifteen, when my parents first brought me here and a thunderstorm chased us across that same piazza. I’m also a professional travel photographer, and I’ve spent a good chunk of those return trips shooting the […]
2 Days in Oxford: A Weekend Itinerary and Where to Stay
I grew up just outside Oxford, and I spent most of my school-age weekends in the city, visiting friends, wandering the stores, and working out which colleges would actually let you in and which ones quietly turned you away at the lodge. I’ve been back many times since, and I still have friends who live […]
2 Days in Brighton: The Weekend Itinerary I Actually Use
I’ve visited Brighton many times over the years, often as a quick day out from London but plenty of times for longer, including stays with friends who have lived in the city for ages. Those repeat visits are why I can tell you which of its museums actually repay an hour of your weekend, how […]
Day Trip to Brighton from London: Your Full Day Plan
I’ve been over to Brighton many times, often as a day out from London, and a few of those trips were to see friends who live there. It’s one of the easiest seaside days out you can have from the capital. A direct train takes about an hour, and it drops you a ten-minute walk […]
The Best Day Trips From London: 12 Trips Worth Taking, Picked by a Local
London is one of the best bases in the world for days out, and I say that as someone who spent years using it as exactly that. I lived in London for a few years, spent four years down in Bath, and another long stretch in and around Oxford, so a lot of the trips […]