Oliver Smith
@olismithtravel.bsky.social
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: https://linktr.ee/olismithtravel
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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.
There are also fantastic pieces by @olismithtravel.bsky.social, @shafikmeghji.bsky.social , @monisharajesh.bsky.social.
November 19, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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.
There are also fantastic pieces by @olismithtravel.bsky.social, @shafikmeghji.bsky.social , @monisharajesh.bsky.social.
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Nigel Farage looks uncomfortable as Jamie Raskin uses his opening statement to absolutely demolish him
September 3, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Nigel Farage looks uncomfortable as Jamie Raskin uses his opening statement to absolutely demolish him
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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...
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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...
observer.co.uk
July 6, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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...
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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June 17, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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...
psyche.co/guides/how-t...
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
psyche.co
June 10, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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...
psyche.co/guides/how-t...
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
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@ftweekend
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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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June 7, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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...
@ftweekend
www.ft.com/content/0491...
My latest for Times on a pilgrimage along St Oswald's Way to the beautiful named Heavenfield church. www.thetimes.com/travel/desti...
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
www.thetimes.com
May 19, 2025 at 9:44 AM
My latest for Times on a pilgrimage along St Oswald's Way to the beautiful named Heavenfield church. www.thetimes.com/travel/desti...
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...
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
www.telegraph.co.uk
March 24, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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...
My book On This Holy Island publishes today in the United States of America. Slava Ukraini.
March 4, 2025 at 4:43 PM
My book On This Holy Island publishes today in the United States of America. Slava Ukraini.
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Mentioned in the @financialtimes.com today in this piece by @olismithtravel.bsky.social
February 15, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Mentioned in the @financialtimes.com today in this piece by @olismithtravel.bsky.social
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
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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February 13, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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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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
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February 4, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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
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stoneclub.rocks/events/the-s...
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#Booksky
Just finished this interesting and insightful exploration of journey, pilgrimage and place by @olismithtravel.bsky.social Thoroughly recommended!
Just finished this interesting and insightful exploration of journey, pilgrimage and place by @olismithtravel.bsky.social Thoroughly recommended!
February 1, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Just finished this interesting and insightful exploration of journey, pilgrimage and place by @olismithtravel.bsky.social Thoroughly recommended!
Just finished this interesting and insightful exploration of journey, pilgrimage and place by @olismithtravel.bsky.social Thoroughly recommended!
First American review of my book... www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
ON THIS HOLY ISLAND | Kirkus Reviews
A travel writer explores ancient paths.
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January 14, 2025 at 10:29 AM
First American review of my book... www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
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 ....
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www.thetimes.com/travel/inspi...
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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January 14, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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...
www.thetimes.com/travel/inspi...
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...
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...
www.countrylife.co.uk
December 30, 2024 at 10:06 AM
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...
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...
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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December 13, 2024 at 1:12 PM
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...
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...
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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December 11, 2024 at 11:34 AM
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...