Travel

Over the past ten years, I have covered stories all over the world – from Bali and Brunei, through to Texas and Turkey.

I prefer the quirky side of things – drive-in movies and abandoned Prohibition brothels in Bible Belt America, puffin-rescuers in the Farne Islands, cosmetic surgery in Eastern Europe, underground cities in Italy and Turkey, snow-shoeing in Vermont, following in Grace Kelly’s footsteps in Newport - and losing my paralysing fear of heights ‘by any means necessary’ (see the results above as I walk across a 70-metre-high walkway in the Brunei rainforest. It was horrid - but I did it...)

I have done some gritty global reporting – interviewing victims of the genocide in Rwanda for example, (Marie Claire) or finding what the life of a Geisha is really like (Real) but generally I'm far too much of a coward to visit anywhere really dangerous…

I have a monthly column Around London With Sandra Lawrence in the American travel magazine BRITISH HERITAGE.

I am also Travel Editor for CASINO LIFE magazine, a pan-European glossy aimed at Casino owners and managers.

Food Writing

I wrote many features about food for THE TIMES before the sad demise of the Weekend Section. I also did several reports for various publications including BBC GOOD FOOD and RADIO 4’s THE FOOD PROGRAMME about coffee, travelling extensively in Brazil and Rwanda.

Heritage Features

I have a personal interest in heritage issues, and am always looking for excuses to write about them. Some are straight-forward – COUNTRY LIFE and HOMES AND GARDENS, for example, but sometimes a little left-field thinking is necessary – a feature about Henry VIII’s armour went into the TES, Hampton Court’s vine found its way into the ILFORD RECORDER and an article about The Natural History Museum ended up in THE STAGE.

My column in the American magazine BRITISH HERITAGE covers all aspects of London, but I also write features about heritage issues for the rest of the magazine.

I write one-off articles for, and have a monthly column in PERIOD HOUSE magazine about practical problems that can be encountered in a period property.

STOP PRESS: My column in Period House has changed as of March 2008. I am now discussing the work of experts in the field of conservation and restoration of period properties. I am very interested to hear from anyone who may have an interesting angle for me.