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Oliver Pickup

  • Founder and Director, Pickup Media Limited
London
As seen in: Daily Mail, Financial Times, The Guardian, The Telegraph, Stuff.co.nz, Agenda (World Economic Forum), Flipboard, HuffPost UK, New Zealand Herald, Australian Financial Review and
Covers:  travel, six nations, olympics, gigs, jazz, football, rugby league, rugby union, world music, food and drink, music, cricket
Doesn't Cover: finance

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Oliver Pickup’s Biography

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Award-winning freelance journalist, specialising in sport, travel, music and food and drink. Published in all English newspapers and dozens of internationally distributed magazines and adapt at online work, including live blogs. Based in London, able to write on numerous subjects, including commercial projects, and a sports expert for television channel beIN Sports.

Oliver Pickup’s Journalist Portfolio

England v Wales: live

England v Wales: live

Only the perfect kicking of Leigh Halfpenny kept them in with a chance and his six penalties did ensure they …

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When did stag dos get so messy?

When did stag dos get so messy?

Gamely I pinched my nose and gulped down the the repulsive contents of the tumbler. It slipped and slithered …

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WORLDWIDE AWARDS //

WORLDWIDE AWARDS //

Saturday must have felt pretty special for Gilles Peterson. Firstly he took his Brussels-born buddy DJ Lefto …

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Fly away to the fantastical mountains of St Lucia

Fly away to the fantastical mountains of St Lucia

There's a lot of local charm beyond the idyllic beaches, azure waters and postcard sunsets, says Oliver Pickup

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Sand Aliens & Heel Flicks: Introducing The England Beach Soccer Team

Sand Aliens & Heel Flicks: Introducing The England Beach Soccer Team

Beach soccer isn't exactly a phenomenon in England - we don't have Copacabana Beach after all - but if the sp…

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Jeff Robb: Three Acts of Will

Jeff Robb: Three Acts of Will

A completely naked women levitates her explicitly feminine body, gravity pulls her hair towards the floor, he…

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Articles

The Arb’s Father’s Day Hit List 2026

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By Oliver Pickup
| The Arbuturian Verified
This year, Father’s Day falls on 21 June, which also happens to be the summer solstice.
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Wahaca at 20: Still Bringing the Heat

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By Oliver Pickup
| The Arbuturian Verified
Thomasina Miers’ once-revolutionary street-food spot celebrates two decades with a thoughtful winter menu refresh. Ollie Pickup revisits a former date-night favourite, this time with wife and children in tow… Twenty years ago, Thomasina Miers opened the first Wahaca in London’s Covent Garden, bringing the flavours of Mexican street food to a London audience more familiar with fajita kits (and there is nothing wrong with them) than proper pozole. I remember those early days fondly.
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Shoreditch's Sweetheart | The Arbuturian

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By Oliver Pickup
| The Arbuturian Verified
A new deli, wine bar and bistro named after a much-loved grandmother is already winning over the Shoreditch neighbourhood with its trattoria spirit, serious culinary credentials, and unfussy brilliance. There’s a turntable spinning a soothing Sault album in the corner, shelves groaning with artisan produce, and a counter displaying possibly the most generously proportioned pain au chocolat I’ve encountered this side of the Channel, plus countless other delights.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Junior sports reporter for the Observer (at least they paid my train fare).

Have you ever used a typewriter?

No.

How is social media changing news?

I think I explained this in my earlier answer: raw but vital now, and it's altered the newspaper landscape ... for the better.

Awards

PSA Travel Journalism Award

2012 - Online article