Martin London

It’s taken me a long time to finally master, perhaps only briefly, a skill which has been so sadly lacking in my life

Welcome to my guided tour of Chatham Island or, rather, one intriguing corner of it: Cape Young. 

The trouble with visiting famous sites is all the bloody tourists who get in the way – roving GP locum and photographer Martin London finds a way around the crowds 

We know a little about what makes us consider a person to be beautiful, or handsome, or attractive in some other way

Having walked the River Lune from source to sea, we think we might try the Wye

You can go out for a forage, sniffing the crisp autumn morning air, and come back having found nothing but the play of early light on the leaves rustling underfoot and a headful of thoughts or dreams.

In the wake of the horrific Christchurch terror attack, rural locum Martin London discusses how a simple act of kindness from a stranger can make all the difference after a traumatic event