MacLean must surely be the outstanding, and most indefatigable, traveller-writer of our time.
~ John le Carré
Recent Blog Posts
The Shortest History of Berlin
Over 50 years I’ve loved, abandoned, despaired for and returned to this extraordinary city, trying to map its past and present, its history of conformity and rebellion, the visible and
Sherborne Travel Writing Festival
Since its founding in 2023, the Sherborne Travel Writing Festival has celebrated travel writers as bridge builders; women and men who reach for the far horizon, who venture out from
Coy and Not-So-Coy
It’s done! It’s done! After four years work I’ve completed the final draft of my new book. I may still be coy about its title and the nature of the