Simon Usborne

Freelance feature writer and reporter.

The Guardian
How an app finally got me hooked on the piano
The Guardian
The regeneration project that became a £100m luxury ghost town
Telegraph Magazine
Death or jail: Inside the daredevil world of freeclimbers
Telegraph Magazine
Inside the cult of Tesla
The Guardian
‘I warned the FBI about this guy Osama bin Laden’: the people who predicted disasters
The Guardian
‘They belonged somewhere’: the forgotten victims of one of London’s deadliest fires
Telegraph Magazine
One family's mission to restore a Lancaster Bomber
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The Guardian
‘Film is in my blood’: the secret cinema in the back of a London shop
Telegraph Magazine
Reid Hoffman, founder of LinkedIn and Silicon Valley's most modest billionaire
Financial Times
Kenton Cool: Risks and rewards in the death zone
The Sunday Times
One innocent email and the climate deniers smelt blood
The Sunday Times
Why Simon Reeve owes his career to Osama bin Laden
The Guardian
The man who lost his brother – then revolutionised psychology
The Guardian
Steve Mallen: the bereaved father trying to end suicide
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Financial Times
The perfect Austrian ski resort — and why it’s fighting for survival
Financial Times
The unlikely story behind Soho's most flamboyant hotel
Financial Times
Inside the wild world of superyacht toys
Financial Times
In Menorca, the first ‘private Parador’ opens its doors
Financial Times
Why designer cabins are springing up in a wood near you
Financial Times
Inside Club Med’s vast new ‘ski factory’ in Tignes
Financial Times
The smartest way to the slopes: skiing by Venice Simplon-Orient- Express
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Simon is an award-winning feature writer in London. Published in The Guardian, the Financial Times, The Sunday Times, The Telegraph, Vogue, GQ. Available for a range of writing work. Formerly a writer and editor at The Independent. A winner and nominee at the Press Awards.

simon@susborne.com