What follows is a selection of some of my articles that have been published over the past few years.

 

Pesticide rules – what Georgina did next
Georgina Downs had been enduring flu-type symptoms, painful blisters in her throat and mouth>>>

Sink your teeth into green dentistry
If you've ever sat in the dentist's chair and wondered where all the latex gloves>>>

Human Warming
Just think about the excess body heat of a crowd of commuters. A turn-off, or turn on?>>>

Going to Extremes
Most people would've revelled in being the youngest Britons to climb Everest (at age 18)>>>

Giles Miller - a profile
Looking slightly worse for wear behind large sunglasses and under a tweed cap, Giles Miller is>>>

Grand Finale at the Heathrow Climate Camp
Sure, as I wandered around the camp on Friday there was an air of harmony and fun about the place>>>

Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
Mark Smith is The Man in Seat Sixty-One, an independent website that not only encourages rail travel>>>

A moment in time
Thundering music, strobe lighting, bodies hurtling through the air, contorting in mid-flight and>>>

Model Trains
As I wander around London’s edgy, creative Shoreditch neighborhood in the city’s East end>>>

Sapphire Rain
If you haven't heard of Eva Menz yet, you will. The German-born, London-based designer>>>

There is Such a Thing as a Free Lunch
Look at a field filled with flowers, and what do you see? A field filled with flowers>>>

London Walking
“Hello, I'm your guide,” a melancholic female voice intones in my ears. “Follow me>>>

Fuksas Movement
Italian architect Massimiliano Fuksas may be a busy man, but he's also a terribly jovial one>>>

A new month, a new hunky priest
Next time you buy bus tickets from your local edicola take a look around you. Among the assortment>>>

Jazz in Rome: la Casa del Jazz
It is hard to believe that the magnificent and recently restored 1930s villa standing in a vast>>>

Exciting times for cinema in Rome
Italians are going to the cinema less than ever according to Italian research company Cinetel>>>

Northern Disclosure
Mårten Claesson comes over with a big smile and a firm handshake. He is dressed in black jeans>>>

Studying the mafia at university
Enzo Ciconte, former member of parliament for the Partito Comunista Italiano between 1987 and 1992>>>

Magic Touch
By the time I get through to Iginio Straffi, CEO of Italian animation company Rainbow, it is late on>>>

Stellar Hella
When you meet 42-year-old Dutch designer Hella Jongerius, there is no exchange of pleasantries>>>

Checking up on Vatican tours
The Vatican City may be the heart of Catholicism but as anyone who has ever been there knows>>>

Biennale Trilogy
While the jury wrangled over the success of this year’s Biennale, critics agreed that the leadership of>>>

Craving the Crater
The first time I visited Stromboli was in my imagination. After seeing the volcanic island in Nanni>>>

Making music in Piazza Vittorio
An advertising company wanting to make a statement about ethnic diversity and integration in Italy>>>

Design Diva
When I met Patricia Urquiola almost two years ago, I wondered why it had taken her so long to>>>

Varese Ligure
It´s a sunny and breezy day as I walk around the old centre of Varese Ligure, a small rural>>>

Sweet Novembre
Fabio Novembre is showing me round his Milan house, or perhaps I should say his house-to-be>>>