I specialise in environmental and humanitarian reporting and have presented BBC radio documentaries on subjects ranging from Himalayan glaciers, shamanism and snow leopards, to community conservation in the Northeast Indian state of Nagaland and the rise of vehicle dwellers in the UK. I’ve also filed stories from Myanmar, Georgia, Nepal, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, India and Laos for Radio 4’s From Our Own Correspondent. Several of these pieces have been chosen for Radio 4’s Pick of the Week. Broadcasting fits in with my love of lo-fi solo travel - no cameras or TV crews; just me and my trusty microphone, chatting to people about their lives, loves, fears and dreams.
As with my writing, I’m interested in stories about conservation, Indigenous Rights, social justice and threatened people and places. I’m looking for those tales at the edges of things, for the gaps in our knowledge, for the places we don’t often hear stories from.
My most recent projects have been about northwestern Nepal, the Caspian Sea, Brian Eno and shamanism in Northeast India. New Nomads, part of BBC Radio 4 and 5 Live’s 2023 Rental Health season, was a Guardian, Telegraph, Radio Times, TV Times and Sunday Times pick of the week. It was also chosen for Radio 4’s Pick of the Week. Future Shaman was one of BBC World Services most downloaded programmes of the week, and was featured on Pick of the World. Laos: 50 years after the Vietnam War was also featured on Radio 4’s Pick of the Week, and In the Studio with Brian Eno was a Sunday Times, Radio Times and Daily Mail pick of the week.
In September 2026 I presented the last ever episode of the BBC’s flagship foreign reporting show Crossing Continents, after the BBC axed the show in its latest round of budget cuts. The documentary, Nepal - in the shadow of a glacier was fetaured in The Sunday Times, Radio Times, The Week magazine and The Guardian, as well as being selected for Radio 4’s Pick of the Week. I wrote about the making of this documentary here.
A selection of my broadcasts are linked below, and all of them are available to listen to on BBC Sounds, Spotify, Apple podcasts etc.
If you’d like to contact me about presenting a radio documentary, or have an audio idea you’d like to discuss, then please do get in touch.
‘Thoughtful and thought provoking’. The Sunday Times
A Selection of my Broadcasts
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Nepal - in the Shadow of a Glacier
The last ever episode of Radio 4’s Crossing Continents.
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Brian Eno In the Studio
BBC radio documentary about Brian Eno's climate organisation Earth Percent.
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Tajikistan's Last, Lonely Hyenas
Episode of Crossing Continents about Striped hyena conservation in Tajikistan.
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BBC Radio 4 - The Caspian Crisis
Documentary about why The Caspian Sea is shrinking at unprecedented speed.
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BBC Radio 4 - Crossing Continents
Documentary about efforts to end the mass killing of songbirds in Cyprus each year.
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BBC Radio 4 - Costing the Earth
Documentary about snow leopard conservation in Tajikistan.
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BBC World Service - Future Shaman
How India’s Idu Mishmi people are saving their shamanic culture.
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BBC Radio 4 - Crossing Continents
Laos, 50 years on from the Vietnam War, a the most bombed country on earth.
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BBC Radio 4 - The New Nomads
Documentary about the rise of vehicle dwellers in the UK.
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BBC Radio 4 - Costing the Earth
Documentary about community conservation efforts in Nagaland.
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BBC Radio 4 - Open Country
Documentary profiling people and places in Wales’ Black Mountains.
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BBC Radio 4 - FOOC
Story about Myanmar on From Our Own Correspondent.
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BBC Radio 4 - FOOC
Story about Nagaland on From Our Own Correspondent.
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BBC Radio 4 - FOOC
Story about Arunachal Pradesh on From Our Own Correspondent.
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BBC Radio 4 - FOOC
Story about Laos and UXO on From Our Own Correspondent.
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BBC Radio 4 - FOOC
Story about Myanmar on From Our Own Correspondent.