Helen Pickles

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Travel writing, features, profiles, reportage, case studies, colour pieces

I write on a wide range of topics from the arts and environment to business and property. Amongst other publications, I write for the Telegraph, Times, Guardian, Condé Nast publications and Express - print and online.

My specialism is travel writing. I know Europe well, parts of the Caribbean and Indian Ocean - also tried out cruising - but still retain a huge fondness for the UK. I like to get under the skin of a place - find that shabby but lively square, simple but perfectly cooked meal, knock-out bedroom view - so you know I really have been there.

I'm still pretty hopeless at packing.

Please get in touch if you think I can help: contact me

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Examples - please click on each to read them:

No.1 by GuestHouse York. i-escape.com December 2021

The hidden corner of Cumbria: the Howgill Fells. Telegraph November 2021

All Creatures Great and Small: in the Yorkshire Dales. Spectator October 2021

Queues are creeping back into York. Telegraph August 2021

Why North Yorkshire's beaches rival the south. Telegraph July 2021

Staycation Nation: 20 reasons to visit Northumberland. Telegraph May 2021

Dark Skies Festival meditative night-walk. Telegraph Feb 2021

Great British Breaks: Lake District summer to book now. Telegraph Feb 2021

Forest Side, restaurant-with-rooms, Lake District. Telegraph January 2021

Who needs France? Northern beaches rival Cote d'Azur. Telegraph August 2020

A first-time stay at the Gilpin Hotel, post-lockdown. Telegraph July 2020

48 hours in the Lake District. An insider's guide. Telegraph May 2020

Luxury on the lake. Zurich's new waterfront hotel. Telegraph October 2019

Yorkshire or Lancashire - which is better? Telegraph August 2019

Elegant Yorkshire spa town for a weekend escape. Telegraph July 2019

Instant Escape. Offbeat Brussels. Sunday Times Travel Magazine May 2019

Lake District hikes without the crowds. Telegraph February 2019

Instant Escape. Low-cost Lisbon. Sunday Times Travel Magazine December 2018

Europe's most bizarre Christmas party. Telegraph November 2018

Yorkshire seaside clinging on to its Victorian heyday. Telegraph October 2018

Secret Lakes: How to escape the crowds. Telegraph September 2018

Instant Escape. Red-hot Rotterdam. Sunday Times Travel Magazine August 2018

Is this Britain's most underrated National Park? Telegraph July 2018

Grays Court Hotel, York. Telegraph February 2018

Instant Escape. Hidden Florence. Sunday Times Travel Magazine July 2017

Great British Breaks, Alnwick, Sunday Times March 2017

AdAstra Suites. Florence, Italy. i-escape.com 2017

Instant Escape. Laid-back Bern. Sunday Times Travel Magazine September 2016

Instant Escape. Antwerp for all-sorts. Sunday Times Travel Magazine September 2015

Why meditation can be a medication for life. Telegraph February 2015

Like film, travel can be a walk through time, says BFI's Robin Baker. Telegraph February 2015

On track with my Mum in my heart. The emotion of the Great North Run. Sunday Telegraph August 2014

Banyan Tree Spa, Seychelles. Conde Nast Traveller Spa Guide 2014

The Cruise Ship: A glimpse at life below decks. Telegraph, July 2014

Northern Exposure. Uncovering the North Pennines' archaeological gems. Heritage Today, July 2011

Tackling the global blood trade. Contaminated blood supplies led to the deaths of 2000 UK haemophiliacs. Society Now, Summer 2009

 

 

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