Between 2004 and 2012 I was a freelance feature writer, mainly for the Telegraph and Financial Times, but also for the Guardian, Times, Daily Mail, Evening Standard, Metro, London Lite, Arena Magazine and a few others. Below are my selection of the best features, with photos which you can click for high res versions. I’ll update this page and add new writing every now and then.
Angus’ Adventures
- Walking to Britain Most Remote Pub
- Looking for Bigfoot
- Running the London Marathon
- Artemis Great Kindrochit Quadrathlon
- Walking the Ridgeway
- Snorkelling in Kimmeridge Bay, Dorset
- Walking Across the Isle of Wight
- Three Men In A Boat
- Biking from Bristol to London
- Cycling John ‘O Groats to Land’s End
- The Three Peaks Challenge
- Hot Air Ballooning
- Learning to Spearfish
- Skiing in County Durham
- Is swimming with sea lions better than swimming with dolphins?
Other People’s Adventures
History
- Iron Age Hillforts
- Kings of the Stone Age
- The Ghost Village
- Diving on the German WW1 Fleet at Scapa Flow
Random Nonsense
- The noise of a duck landing
- The argument against Evolution Theory
- Shooting in The City
- The HayezSquad
- A very short history of England in Ireland
- Close all prisons
- In defence of vivisection
- Testing the wonder drug
- The unreported danger of video games
- A shaving lesson
- A first aid course
- What war is good for
Interviews
How to Give It – Weekly FT Column August 2008 onwards (click on the name to see the interview)
- Alastair Campbell
- Damien Hirst
- Jeremy Irons
- Thandie Newton
- Ben Elton
- Emily Maitlis
- Samuel L. Jackson
- Philip Pullman
- David Blunkett
- Cilve Stafford Smith
My Health – Weekly FT Column Septmeber 2006 to May 2008
Spin Ball Wizard – Monty Panesar – Weekend FT main interview
Under the Microscope – Jenny Agutter, Daily Mail
My Perfect Weekend (Telegraph)
