
Born in London and raised in the South Wales valleys. I am a music and cinema fanatic with a background writing on Culture & Media as well as causes supporting poverty prevention and climate change in the Global South.
Motivated by stories that spotlight the overlooked or underrepresented.
Travel has never been a static idea; it has shifted, stretched, and reinvented itself with every generation that has stepped beyond its own borders. What began as a privilege reserved for Europe’s gilded few has, over two centuries, become a defining ritual of modern life — a marker of aspiration, identity, and cultural curiosity.
Skopje, North Macedonia’s little‑known capital beneath the shadow of Vodno Mountain, is a study in contrasts — a city where ancient ambition, modern upheaval, and bold reinvention collide. Its centre dazzles with neoclassical spectacle, its past bears the scars of a devastating quake, and its spirit thrives in bazaars, bridges, and brutalism. Few capitals are as intriguing — or as revealing — to behold.
