Journalistic Samples
Everything Spain: Taking on the renovation of a medieval masía in the heart of Catalonia has been an epic project for Times columnist and broadcaster Matthew Parris. The result is spectacular. He welcomes Sarah Monaghan to his castle... Read here.
Read MoreArticle for international property company 56Paris Real Estate: Part-financing your dream home in the French capital with paying guests. What you need to know about short term rental in Paris. Our advice follows news that the Mairie de Paris (Paris City Hall) made surprise visits earlier this month to properties in the 1st and 6th arrondissements... Read here.
Read MoreArticle for BBC Radio 4's From Our Own Correspondent: Recent events have seen Dubai reel from economic crisis. Sarah Monaghan revisits the city and discovers that this has had profound effects on the personality of the glitzy Gulf emirate. Standing on the outdoor observation deck of the Burj Khalifa, with its floor-to-ceiling glass walls, I am so high above the earth that it feels as if I am on the wing of an aeroplane ... Read here.
Read MoreGeographical Magazine: Sarah Monaghan reports from the Smithsonian Institute's base on the oilfields of Gabon. I saw my first elephant pretty well as soon as I touched down at Gamba Airport – on a runway that is a strip of red earth slicing through the forest. A handsome male, with the straight tannin-stained tusks typical of the African forest variety ... Read here
Read MoreThe Telegraph: Sarah Monaghan reports on the benefits of bilingual and trilingual language development in children. Professor Tony Cline of Luton University is an educational psychologist specialising in language development in children. He says we have revised our image of how the brain works. "We used to think it had a limited capacity, like a milk bottle, and that it ...
Read MoreGabon Magazine: Article about the West African timber trade. It's only from the air that you grasp the magnitude of Gabon’s tropical forests. When my plane takes off from Libreville International Airport, I can see below the Presidential Palace, a building ... Read here.
Read MoreThe Lady Magazine: Sarah Monaghan boards the narrow gauge Transcantábrico through Northern Spain. Voyeurism is half the pleasure of rail travel and on a train like this, what can you do but stare out the window and enjoy the metronomic beat of wheel over track and glimpses of lives caught in motion? Read here.
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