Monday, June 13, 2011

Marmots, dead ponies and altitude sickness

What happens when an attempt to climb a 6,300m Himalayan mountain goes very wrong...

Read it here

Thursday, April 21, 2011

Interior design editor

I write a fortnightly interiors section for the Metro newspaper. Seek out new and interesting products with a different theme each time. See a few here, here and here

A day on a nuclear submarine

Pinned on my radiation monitor and spent the day on a nuclear submarine. Read it here

Snowboarding in Ischgl

Snowboard trip to the Austrian resort of Ischgl, famous for its raucous apres ski. Read ithere

Surfing in a war zone

Headed to the east of Sri Lanka - which is still recovering from civil war and the tsunami - to find a secret surf spot and some of the nicest people in the world.

Read it here

Electric supercar v the London Underground

Seemed like the Tesla supercar was going to take an easy victory. Didn't work out like that.

Read it here

BMW M3 race across Europe

Perhaps my favourite motoring feature for Pistonheads. Had to drive a BMW M3 from southern Spain to Paris, solo and with just two days to make it. Read it here