Last year I researched and wrote the Estonia chapter of Lonely Planet’s new guide to the Baltic countries. After nearly a year, the book is out. Available here....

I’ve recently worked on a project commissioned by BBC StoryWorks and Montenegro Tourism. In this story, I trace how Montenegro’s architecture reflects the opposing ideas of powers that have clashed in the country’s territory over centuries. Venetian Renaissance architecture, pirate strongholds, and avant-garde socialist urban experiments – Montenegro’s cities tell...

In the northern Italian town of Cavriago, near Reggio Emilia, a rare public bust of Vladimir Lenin stands in the public square that carries the name of the Bolshevik leader. Now a symbol of the local community’s tradition of resistance against the right, the story of the monument begins with...

I recently spent a couple of months on assignment in Estonia to work on the new Lonely Planet guide to the Baltic countries. In my research I covered a few sections of the Baltic Trails, the new network of hiking (and cycling) paths that run through Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania....