About Me

I’m Charlie Kitcat. I've worked as a freelance writer and comms pro for half a decade, as well as PRing for one of London’s biggest firms (you can have a look at my CV here). Now I've gone full time. Not just because I love the written word and the tiny differential details that can evoke so much. But really, because I think travel is one of the true life-changers we have. Whether it's a weekend away or six months backpacking, if everything aligns, it can make you rethink everything. I want to inspire people to take that leap.

 

Myself? I’ve visited over fifty countries, and while the UK is home, I’m in India until the end of May. Let me tell you, I’m learning a hell of a lot. And that’s not only on the writing front!

 

If I’m not in a plane, train or automobile you can find me in a few different places. At a desk, for one (don’t worry). Aside from that, I might be getting hit for six on the cricket field with a team I co-founded, the Dell Boys. Maybe immersed in a good travel book, ideally Paul Theroux or Jan Morris. Perhaps I’ll be practicing my Mongolian throat singing in an obscure London pub? 

 

Or, if you’re watching CNN, on an episode of Parts Unknown in Vietnam... You know that moment Obama and Bourdain are talking about world peace in a small restaurant eating noodle soup? Look out for the guy with the terrible haircut and Coors Light t-shirt dealing terribly with chopsticks (36.34, really). And I’ll tell you a secret, I still don’t have the knack.

 

Things I love: 

• The moment hot holiday air hits as you get off the plane

• The sound of a cricket ball hitting the bat

• The moment when the lights go down before a performance

 

Things I don’t: 

• Being asked to pay for excessive hand luggage weight 

• Having to pay for excessive hand luggage weight 

• Writing about having to pay for excessive hand luggage weight