Journalism
Eames was recently ranked sixth in UK Press Gazette's listing of the nation's top
50 travel writers.
He contributes to a wide
spread of newspapers, from the Daily and Sunday Express to the Observer,
Independent, and London Evening Standard. He is a contributor to CNN Traveller, Coast, Lonely Planet Magazine,
and Sunday Times Travel. He
has picked up awards
from tourist boards and the British Guild of
Travel Writers.
He also runs a new website dedicated to Germany (www.germanyiswunderbar.com) which he considers a much under-rated travel destination.
Some of his
travel writing is showcased and syndicated by the Travel Intelligence website,
www.travelintelligence.net.
Hyper-linked
examples of recent writing include a piece about the revival
of the Ruhr in
Germany for
Business Traveller, an article about Charles Dickens'
great
grand-daughter in Budapest for the
Daily Telegraph,
and a piece about the
controversial side of voluntourism for the
Times.
Four further examples:
An article for Coast magazine about sea-swimming in Brighton:
There's been a lot of change under the arches on Brighton seafront in recent
decades. New arrivals under the prom include a nightclub, art galleries,
licensed cafes, a clairvoyant, a penny arcade, and a sign inviting visitors
to 'step this way' to see what the butler saw.
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An article for the Daily
Express on a wilderness weekend in Sweden:
There are some places where I desperately hope my mobile phone doesn't ring. Public toilets and overhead baggage lockers, for example. But this wasn't one of them. On the contrary, it would have been pretty cool: "I'm on the train," I would have been able to shout. "In Sweden. Yes, it is a bit noisy. Hang on." The noise abates. "There, that's better." Read More
An article for Country Living about an innovative country pub:
To the uninitiated, the Anchor at Nayland looks much like any other handsome
riverside inn. The exterior is encouragingly well-presented, the interior
bright and welcoming and on the walls are pictures of ruddy-cheeked country
gentlemen with shire horses and long-horned cows. All very normal, you might
think, for a pub in the country.
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An article for The Sunday Times (Scotland) about Hamburg's rock 'n roll fishmarket:
There's nothing like rock 'n roll on a sabbath dawn to blow away those midwinter blues. And there's certainly nothing like rock 'n roll in a Fishmarket, complete with pre-dawn buffet of smoked eel washed down with the first pilsener of the day, all consumed before 7am on a Sunday morn. A strange kind of communion, indeed. Read More