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Simon Ingram

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Stamford
As seen in: The Guardian, The Independent (UK), Yahoo News UK, National Geographic, National Geographic Traveler, Flipboard, National Geographic Traveller (UK), national-geographic.pl, National Geographic France, Country Walking (magazine) and
Covers:  Environment, Travel, Culture, History, Adventure, Exploration, Space, Animals, Conservation – Books, Film, Curiosities, Literature & Art related to aforementioned.
Words+pics. Ex-UK editor @NatGeo, @Trailmagazine. Bylines inc @Guardian @theTimes @Ernestjournal @empiremagazine. Books @HarperCollins. Opinions own, or nicked

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SIMON INGRAM is an internationally published journalist and author.

His work has appeared in National Geographic, The Independent, The Sunday Times and a range of magazines and periodicals such as Landscape, Empire, and the Ernest Journal.

A graduate in geological science, he started his career in adventure and travel journalism in 2004. He was the editor of Trail Magazine for nine years and has been a columnist for The Guardian‘s century-old Country Diary since 2016.

He joined the UK offices …

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At Europe's largest Gypsy and Traveller gathering, modern nomads uphold traditions old and new

At Europe's largest Gypsy and Traveller gathering, modern nomads uphold traditions old and new

THE APPLEBY HORSE FAIR is the largest gathering of Gypsies and Travellers in Europe. It's a cathartic stew of…

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Generosity, grief and the 'black anaconda': Inside the world's biggest annual pilgrimage

Generosity, grief and the 'black anaconda': Inside the world's biggest annual pilgrimage

A British photographer documents the ‘raw emotion‘ of Arba'een – the movement of millions towards a small cit…

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What was punk - and why did it scare people so much?

What was punk - and why did it scare people so much?

The surge of – and appetite for – the punk scene in the late 1970s and early 1980s wasn’t limited purely to t…

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"I sing about my fears. It's cathartic." Damon Albarn on turning the atmospheres of Iceland and D...

"I sing about my fears. It's cathartic." Damon Albarn on turning the atmospheres of Iceland and D...

Far from the high-volume of Blur, the London-born musician’s new work reflects on the elements, the poetry of…

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Why a reality TV star and a physicist are building a nuclear reactor in Milton Keynes

Why a reality TV star and a physicist are building a nuclear reactor in Milton Keynes

In an industrial unit in the home counties, the brains behind this ambitious privately-owned fusion project h…

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Unmasking Howard Carter - the man who found Tutankhamun

Unmasking Howard Carter - the man who found Tutankhamun

A century after the discovery that would captivate the world, the British archaeologist at the centre of the …

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These splendid UK mountain ridges have height, exposure and views

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By Simon Ingram
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Deservedly scary, or just misunderstood? Eight superb ridges to send you running from the hills or searching for more... Think ridge and you think height, exposure, adventure and risk. Like the corrugations in those expensive crisps, the inclusion of a ridge in a mountain walk adds depth and flavour to the experience. Some ridges are simply too vast, too much of an entity in their own right to be a mere bolt-on to a day’s walking.
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These 7 winter mountain days all have one thing in common... a good pub at the end

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By Simon Ingram
| Live for the Outdoors
Winter transforms the British mountains into a white wonderland and although that brings extra challenges, the rewards are huge. Here are 7 of our favourite mountain days when the conditions play ball, which you'll still be talking about hours later in the pub. The forecast is perfect, your back pocket has a few basic cold-weather mountain skills tucked inside, and your backpack’s primed for a winter-spec walk.
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Too crazy to forget: Our wild night on Pillar Rock, Lake District

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By Simon Ingram
| Live for the Outdoors
Four of our team chased a wild idea: to climb – and spend a night atop – one of the Lake District’s most revered rock towers. Would you fancy spending a night there? "Know where I got the idea for this? You won’t guess...” This was accompanied by a grin and the kind of ‘go on, guess anyway’ look common in children and the particularly excitable.
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