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Oliver Smith

@olismithtravel.bsky.social
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4-time Travel Writer of the Year | ON THIS HOLY ISLAND out now from bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social in UK Pegasus Books in US 2025 Linktree: linktr.ee/olismithtravel

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Chau-Jean Lin @chaujeanlin.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
I was delighted to write about the Alishan Forest Railway in #Taiwan for Lonely Planet's latest book. I've been on it the mountain many times to get to my aunt's tea farm. There are also fantastic pieces by @olismithtravel.bsky.social, @shafikmeghji.bsky.social , @monisharajesh.bsky.social.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/09/2025
Nigel Farage looks uncomfortable as Jamie Raskin uses his opening statement to absolutely demolish him
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Luke Turner @luketurner.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
A superb piece of journalism in The Observer: it seems like the one of the sacred texts of Nature Writing (TM) is not quite as much of an unflinchingly honest read as claimed observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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The real Salt Path: how a blockbuster book and film were ...
Penniless and homeless, the Winns found fame and fortune with the story of their 630-mile walk to salvation. We can reveal that the truth behind it is ve...
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Dr Anne E Bailey @anneebailey1.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
How to plan a pilgrimage by @olismithtravel.bsky.social psyche.co/guides/how-t...
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Oliver Smith @olismithtravel.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
It was a great pleasure to write this guide on pilgrimage for the wonderful @aeon.co 's Psyche magazine, online here psyche.co/guides/how-t...
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How to plan a pilgrimage | Psyche Guides
Whether religious or not, you can undertake a special, meaningful kind of journey that could leave you changed forever
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Oliver Smith @olismithtravel.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
I'm a bit late posting this – but this was a special one to write: a trip on the Night Riviera sleeper train, and a journey into the history of railway art, from Turner to Ravilious @ftweekend www.ft.com/content/0491...
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Great rail journeys: nostalgia and magic on the Night Riviera to Cornwall
Journeying back to the golden age of English seaside holidays aboard the GWR sleeper from Paddington
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Oliver Smith @olismithtravel.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
My latest for Times on a pilgrimage along St Oswald's Way to the beautiful named Heavenfield church. www.thetimes.com/travel/desti...
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Empty beaches and Roman ruins on the UK’s prettiest pilgrimage trail
A self-guided stroll along the saintly St Oswald’s Way on the Northumberland coast takes walkers from the Lindisfarne foreshore to the crags of Hadrian’s Wall
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Oliver Smith @olismithtravel.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
My latest for the Telegraph on medieval Norwich’s rich anchorite tradition - and those people who imprisoned their bodies so that their minds (and perhaps souls) could roam far instead www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/desti...
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Why I imprisoned myself in Norwich
Medieval Norwich was home to dozens of anchorites, or religious hermits. I spent a day in the cell of its most famous to understand why
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Oliver Smith @olismithtravel.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
My book On This Holy Island publishes today in the United States of America. Slava Ukraini.
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Stone Club @stoneclub.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Mentioned in the @financialtimes.com today in this piece by @olismithtravel.bsky.social
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Oliver Smith @olismithtravel.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Some stories really get into your bones - this was one of them. Exploring the eerie prehistoric landscapes of West Penwith, Cornwall - my latest for @financialtimes.com on.ft.com/4jYYqvk
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Cornwall’s mystical far west — in the footsteps of Ithell Colquhoun
[FREE TO READ] As Tate stages the first major exhibition of the surrealist artist, Oliver Smith follows her to the ancient stone circles of Penwith
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Stone Club @stoneclub.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Stone Club @thesociallondon.bsky.social with @petefowlerart.bsky.social a reading from @olismithtravel.bsky.social a talk from Alex Murdin & Sophie Pierce on their new book Rock Idols, artist @lornarees.bsky.social & Stone Report film from @spaceshipmark.bsky.social stoneclub.rocks/events/the-s...
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Mark @marklawrence79.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
#Booksky Just finished this interesting and insightful exploration of journey, pilgrimage and place by @olismithtravel.bsky.social Thoroughly recommended!
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Oliver Smith @olismithtravel.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
First American review of my book... www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
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ON THIS HOLY ISLAND | Kirkus Reviews
A travel writer explores ancient paths.
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Oliver Smith @olismithtravel.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Me praising my favourite Spanish footpath and slagging off my least favourite part of South Devon in this round-up for the Times at the weekend .... www.thetimes.com/travel/inspi...
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Where our top travel writers want to holiday (or not) this year
Even experts have wishlists — be inspired by the exciting destinations tempting our team this year — and places they will be steering well clear of
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Oliver Smith @olismithtravel.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
Thanks to @Countrylifemag for listing On This Holy Island among “the books you wish you’d got for Christmas” this year www.countrylife.co.uk/country-life...
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Unputdownable: The books you wish you had been given for Christmas - Country Life
Country Life's reviewers name the books that have most absorbed them this year, with topics ranging from grey partridges to cricket, rock music, wolves and medieval history, plus the most diverting fi...
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Oliver Smith @olismithtravel.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
I wrote about the joy of Swiss trains (and the misery of German trains) in this @financialtimes.com end of year list... www.ft.com/content/5e32...
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From vineyards in the Andes to rhinos in Zimbabwe: travel writers’ discoveries of 2024
Stanley Stewart, Monisha Rajesh, William Dalrymple and many more share their personal discoveries — and disappointments — of the past year
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Oliver Smith @olismithtravel.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
It's been a great pleasure writing a small series on saint's journeys for Telegraph travel over the past few months. Here's my latest – a journey into the mysterious Berwyn Mountains of Powys to the shrine of St Melangell, patron saint of hares 🐇🐇🐇 www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/activ...
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My pilgrimage across the mountains to the most beautiful church in Wales
I followed a path deep into the Berwyn Mountains of Powys to a mystical attraction
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