Robert Penn has contributed features, comment and book reviews to the Guardian, Observer, Financial Times, Hindustan Times, Sunday Times, Independent on Sunday, Wall Street Journal and Conde Nast Traveller, writing and reporting from over forty different countries. A handful of examples from two decades of journalism follow:
Guardian - May 2016
She became the fastest woman to pedal solo around the world after her partner was killed by a crocodile. Fellow round-the-world cyclist Rob Penn meets Juliana Buhring in Italy
Guardian Review - November 2015
Trees in winter reflect the deepest connections between humans and nature, writes Robert Penn
Independent on Sunday - October 2015
Who’s a lumbersexual now? On the simple pleasure of chopping firewood
Observer - October 2015
Spending more time ‘forest bathing’ can have a positive effect on depression. Rob Penn on what we owe trees
Independent on Sunday - May 2015
Cycling obsessive Rob Penn convinces his wife to saddle up:
The Independent - Sunday 23 March 2014
Freddie Flintoff’s extraordinary 1,200km bike ride through the heart of the Amazon rainforest
Independent on Sunday - Sunday 9 March 2014
Can our trees be saved from big timber, rampant disease and global warming?
Guardian - Saturday 10 November 2012
Even Bradley Wiggins gets knocked off, but cycling is still worth the pain
