Simon Richmond

Simon has worked on titles as diverse as Cape Town and the first and only edition of Istanbul to Kathmandu since starting as a Lonely Planet author in 1998. His travel features have been published in newspapers and magazines around the world, including in the UK's Independent, Guardian and Royal Geographical Society Magazine; and Australia's SMH, Australian Financial Review Magazine and Vogue Entertaining + Travel. He's presented a travel documentary on Japan for BBC's Radio 4. Sydney, his adopted home, is his favourite place.