Writing

I mainly work in aerospace and science writing, with a particular interest in the developing space industry; but I am not limited by these boundaries and am willing and able to tackle almost any subject. I have been published in a number of national and international magazines including: All About Space, Wired, New Scientist, BBC Focus and The Smithsonian Air & Space magazine. Below is a sample of some of my previous work.

All about space

Regularly contributing features since 2014

         

                             


                             


                             


                             

Wired UK

Start, Play and "How to" articles since 2010

                   


                   

New Scientist

Various features since 2009




                   


              

BBC Focus

New age of steam and Toronto Ornithopter

    

Smithsonian Air&Space, GQ Mexico, Focus Online

Various features for other publications

Canned features

Some pieces dropped by publications either when the story wasn't what they thought it was, or when another publication ran something similar.
But I still like them!


A main feature on the new generation of airships based around Hybrid Air Vehicles Airlander from 2014



A main feature on the US Army's Camp Century nuclear powered Arctic base from 2013 (Just like Hoth in The Empire Strikes Back!)



A short interview feature with Amanda Palmer on her Grand Theft Orchestra project from 2012



A main feature on Sailrocket from 2010, the year before I covered their successful record with New Scientist



An accepted "How to" for Wired on animation with opensource software that just never got published



A main feature on Richard Brown's gas turbine jet pack from 2008



A history feature on Operation Backfire, when the UK test fired captured V2 rockets in Germany



An accepted piece for Air&Space on the Fairy Rotodyne that just never got published