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Simon Ingram

(He/Him)
Stamford
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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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

nationalgeographic.co.uk — THE APPLEBY HORSE FAIR is the largest gathering of Gypsies and Travellers in Europe. It's a cathartic stew of mystique, controversy - and contradictions.

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

nationalgeographic.co.uk — A British photographer documents the ‘raw emotion‘ of Arba'een – the movement of millions towards a small city in central Iraq – to mourn a man who died almost 1,400 years ago.

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

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

nationalgeographic.co.uk — The surge of – and appetite for – the punk scene in the late 1970s and early 1980s wasn’t limited purely to the music. It became an ideology, spawning literature, poetry, fashion and political defiance.

"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...

nationalgeographic.co.uk — Far from the high-volume of Blur, the London-born musician’s new work reflects on the elements, the poetry of John Clare – and the uneasy relationship between humans and nature.

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

nationalgeographic.co.uk — In an industrial unit in the home counties, the brains behind this ambitious privately-owned fusion project have their sights set on an unlikely goal.

Unmasking Howard Carter - the man who found Tutankhamun

Unmasking Howard Carter - the man who found Tutankhamun

nationalgeographic.co.uk — A century after the discovery that would captivate the world, the British archaeologist at the centre of the find remains an enigmatic figure – much like the pharaoh himself.

Country diary: I keep coming back to this house on the hill

Country diary: I keep coming back to this house on the hill

The Guardian — I walk up the lane in the dark. Inside the car, all the glows betrayed the sky, but now I'm out, I can see its light goes deep.

Country diary: the glow-worm is a little beacon in the dark

Country diary: the glow-worm is a little beacon in the dark

The Guardian — As I start back up the path in the dark I spot something in the grass – a little green light, like a child’s keyring

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