As the Lonely Planet Local for Seville on LonelyPlanet.com, I add and update places of interest, write news and features, and create stories on Social Media.
I also contributed several sections of Lonely Planet’s Experience Andalucia guide book, published in February 2023.
I’m the Telegraph Seville Destination Expert, writing articles about the city and reviewing hotels in Seville.
I also work as Contributing Editor for andalucia.com, the southern Spanish region’s most-visited English-language website.
Other publications I’ve written for include The Times and Sunday Times, Sunday Times Travel Magazine, Lonely Planet Magazine, Food & Travel Magazine, Independent, Guardian, Scandinavian Traveler, Olive, National Geographic Traveller, Country Life, and El Pais in English.
As a specialist food and travel writer, I also provide editorial services for top Andalucian travel and gourmet experience companies such as Annie B’s Spanish Kitchen, Toma & Coe, Luxury Villa Collection, Spain Savvy and Hotel Essence Photography.
Copywriting clients include Cava D.O. (English website translation) and Consejo Regulador Jerez-Xérèx-Sherry, as well as Google and Sofitel.
SELECTED RECENT ARTICLES
Big Weekend in Seville – May 2023
Grand Dame Hotels – Alfonso XIII – Country Life – February 2023
Granada City guide – The Times – January 2023
Postcard from Seville – Sunday Times – October 2022
Spain travel guide – Independent July 2022
Best rooftop bars in Seville – Lonely Planet – March 2022
Best time to visit Seville – Lonely Planet – March 2022
Ten Andalucian breaks – The Times, December 2021
How to spend a Sunday morning in Seville – Sunday Telegraph, January 2021
Secret Andalucia – Sunday Times Travel Magazine, October 2020
Even masks can’t hide Seville’s charms – Telegraph, May 2020
How to Explore Seville with Kids – Lonely Planet April 2020
Our lives in virus-stricken Spain – Guardian, March 2020
UNESCO World Heritage sites and must-sees in Seville
Sherry, a must-try in Seville
Seville, the birthplace of flamenco
– Scandinavian Traveler, January 2020
Campaigners bid to save Velazquez’s birthplace – Lonely Planet, October 2019
A fossil fuel-free journey from London to Chile – Lonely Planet, September 2019
10 best places to stay in Seville – Independent, January 2019
I write for a number of publications and websites, including
The Independent – 48 hours in Seville
National Geographic Traveller – Gadgets v Granada – taking a 10-year-old to the Alhambra
Lonely Planet – Best rooftop bars in Seville
Lonely Planet – Perfect weekend in Seville
Lonely Planet – Six best day-trips from Seville
The Guardian – A day in the Alameda and Macarena
Telegraph – Top 10 Restaurants in Seville
Telegraph – 10 things to do in Seville
Telegraph – Seven of the best free things to do in Seville
Telegraph Guide to Semana Santa in Seville
Hotelegraph – Reviews of hotels around Andalucia
UD design magazine – Designer Escapes
Ecosalon – Places and Spaces
El Pais in English – Seville says goodbye to its beloved Duchess
Living Spain – Mr Henderson’s Railway
Glass Magazine – the Feria de Abril of Seville
The Sunday Times – City Break Seville
Conde Nast Traveller – Where to Stay in Seville
Weekly Telegraph – Life change led to a city with alegria
The Catholic Herald – Why Spain is no longer Catholic
The Olive Press – Why they wouldn’t let Picasso paint me in the nude
The Spain Scoop – Autumn food in southern Spain
iescape – Review of Fazenda Nova, Algarve, Portugal
LFStyle (Lucas Fox) – Top 10 cultural events in Seville
Radisson Red – Offbeat art spaces in Seville
Spain Savvy – Guide to the Seville Spring Fair
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As Contributing Editor of andalucia.com, the region’s most-visited website, I write regular articles as well as a blog.
These are some blog posts on my andalucia.com blog.
- Powerful documentary following the struggle for justice by Franco’s victims, El Silencio de Otros. Read it here
- Murillo from another perspective: what would he have painted today? Read it here
- Is the future of bullfighting in doubt? Read it here.
- El ronqueo – the amazing skill of hand-butchering a bluefin tuna from the Cadiz coast. Read it here.
- Burladero and Hotel Colon – the rebirth of a classic from Expo 29. Read it here.
- A hand-built open-air theatre in the Alpujarra Mountains. Read it here.
- Andalucia Sabor: taste the region’s finest gourmet produce. Read it here.
- Light in Art and Science from the Islamic World – an exhibition. Read it here.
- A sherry tasting in Seville. Read it here.
- A football match in Seville with a British flavour. Read it here.
- First view of the “Setas” – Metropol Parasol, Seville’s new architectural wonder. Read it here.
- Lorca performed by illiterate gypsies in Seville. Read it here.
- Review of Carlos Saura’s film Flamenco Flamenco. Read it here.
- My account of a bullfight. Read it here.
and some articles from the website:
- Interview with Chelsea Anthon, co-founder of International Sherry Week. Read it here.
- Interview with Andalucian fashion designer and all-round media darling, Vicky Berrocal Martin. Read it here.
- Interview with London chef and restaurateur Jose Pizarro, who hails from southern Spain. Read it here.
- Top 10 attractions in Andalucia. Read it here.
- Top 10 foods in Andalucia. Read it here.
- 10 fascinating facts about Seville, including NO8DO, the Romans and football. Read it here.
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To see examples of my work, please visit my website.
I was interviewed by Pancho Campo on Talk Radio Europe about Seville – food, drink and the Feria. April 2015
Very nice site,nice to see another ex pat blogger down here we are in marbella playing with a food blog johnnys-kitchen.blogspot.com.es
Hi there! Nice to read other fellow bloggers about Spain. I love Sevilla, last time I visited was for a bachelor party and it was so much fun! We even went to see live Izal, the music group.