Hello and thanks for visiting my website! I’m a writer, photographer, guided walk leader and public speaker. Please see my bookings page for enquiries and commissions

I produce a podcast called Unlocking Landscapes

You can see my latest posts on my blog

You can follow me on Twitter and Instagram

My story ✍️

• 2005-2008: I studied creative writing/film studies at university and have been writing semi-professionally since then
• 2006-8: I wrote 200-word fan pieces for The Observer newspaper on my beloved Everton Football Club
• 2008-10: I wrote music reviews and recorded interviews and launched film review website Atlas Film with fellow university friends
• 2009-10: studied landscape in film for Film Studies MA at King’s College London
• 2011: I created this website and have been publishing photography and writing focused on landscape, ecology and conservation since then
• 2012: published an article in Lost in London magazine and was commissioned to write for the book (which didn’t make the printed copy)
• 2012-2018: worked for London Wildlife Trust, also writing for local newspapers, community magazines and doing national media work on landscape and wildlife conservation
• 2013: wrote an article for Earthlines Review (online)
• 2014: self-published my first poetry booklet, I am living with the animals
• 2018: began a blog about the Sussex Weald, one of the largest areas of ancient woodland remaining in the UK
• 2018-2022: worked in the South Downs National Park
• Autumn 2018: self-published my second poetry booklet, Sumptuous Beasts
• 2020: my blog went up a gear when I began to post once a week on fungi and began a macro photography blog. Thanks to everyone who supported my writing and photography during a difficult time for all
• 2021: launched my podcast Unlocking Landscapes during the national lockdowns, featuring conversations with environmentalists, writers and artists, plus field recordings
• Autumn 2021: my photos are published in Chris Schuler’s The Wood that Built London
• 2022: contributed chapter on woodlands to London in the Wild: Exploring Nature in the City; worked on London Wildlife Trust’s Great North Wood Project
• 2023: aiming to self-publish my third booklet of poems, Fool’s Wood

Thanks for taking the time to view my website and I hope you enjoy what you find or at least feel challenged by it.

I can be contacted by email at unlockinglandscapes@gmail.com

Last updated: May 2023