Marmots, dead ponies and altitude sickness

What happens when an attempt to climb a 6,300m Himalayan mountain goes very wrong...

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Interior design editor

I write a fortnightly interiors section for the Metro newspaper. Seek out new and interesting products with a different theme each time. See a few here, here and here

A day on a nuclear submarine

Pinned on my radiation monitor and spent the day on a nuclear submarine. Read it here

Snowboarding in Ischgl

Snowboard trip to the Austrian resort of Ischgl, famous for its raucous apres ski. Read ithere

Surfing in a war zone

Headed to the east of Sri Lanka - which is still recovering from civil war and the tsunami - to find a secret surf spot and some of the nicest people in the world.

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Electric supercar v the London Underground

Seemed like the Tesla supercar was going to take an easy victory. Didn't work out like that.

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BMW M3 race across Europe

Perhaps my favourite motoring feature for Pistonheads. Had to drive a BMW M3 from southern Spain to Paris, solo and with just two days to make it. Read it here

Success at Pistonheads

The Pistonheads website goes from strength to strength

Eco rock feature for the Indy

This time I tackled the problem of being eco-obsessed and a rock and roll star at the same time. Read it here

Bathtub following across the English Channel

I sat in a fishing boat for 14 hours following a man rowing to France in a bathtub. Worryingly Bridget Jones-style assignment. Read it here

Nerdcore hip hop feature for the Indy

This is a feature I wrote on the phenomenon of Nerdcore rapping for the Indy. I loved the way these guys, many of them in their mid-thirties, had created something completely new and turned from computer programmers to rap stars. You can read it here