Rob Penn Explained

Robert Penn (born 1967)[1] is a British writer, photographer and broadcaster.He is a frequent columnist in UK national newspapers and has written widely on such subjects as cycling, travel, British woodlands and life in the Brecon Beacons, Wales.[2] [3] [4]

Penn was born in Birmingham and grew up in Wales and London [5] before studying history at the University of Bristol.[6]

He has cycled around the world and across Wales in the dark.[7] [8]

His latest book, Slow Rise: A Bread-Making Adventure was published by Particular Books/Penguin in February 2021. His book, The Man Who Made Things Out of Trees was BBC Radio Four 'Book of the Week' in December 2015.[9] His other books include The Wrong Kind of Snow – a survey of the British obsession with the weather, co-authored with Antony Woodward – and It's All About the Bike, which documents his worldwide search for the perfect custom bike, while narrating the social history of the bicycle. It's All About the Bike was a Sunday Times bestseller in the UK; it has been translated into thirteen languages.

Television

In 2010, he wrote and presented the television documentary Ride of my Life: the Story of the Bicycle, based on his book It's All About the Bike, which was broadcast on BBC4 and BBC2.[10] In 2012, he presented the six-part series Tales from the Wild Wood[11] for BBC4, about British woodlands.

In 2013, he cycled 1,200 km through the heart of the Amazon rainforest with former England cricket captain Andrew Flintoff for the two-part Sky1 documentary Flintoff's Road to Nowhere.[12]

In 2014, he travelled round Britain in a fish and chip van with Flintoff, making a six-part series for Sky1. "Lord of the Fries" was broadcast in February and March 2015.[13] The second series, Flintoff Fries Again was broadcast on Sky 1 in February and March 2016.

Publications

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Penn, Rob. Library of Congress Authorities. 3 August 2014.
  2. https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/commentators/rob-penn-forget-your-sorrows-touch-the-gods--all-you-have-to-do-is-get-on-your-bike-7962373.html Independent: "Rob Penn: Forget your sorrows, touch the gods – all you have to do is get on your bike" (21 July 2012)
  3. http://www.travelintelligence.com/travel-writing/writers/rob-penn Travel Intelligence: "Inspiring Travel Writing from Rob Penn"
  4. Web site: Penn . Robert . 2015-12-12 . Why we should celebrate winter woodland – not just the Christmas tree . 2022-12-07 . the Guardian . en.
  5. News: Setting sail on a Celtic odyssey. Scotland on Sunday. 14 March 2004.
  6. Web site: Authors: Rob Penn. Hachette India. 3 August 2014.
  7. Web site: Adventure Talks: Rob Penn Belstaff Adventures Belstaff. Belstaff. 2016-01-13.
  8. http://www.howies.co.uk/brainfood/?p=23330 Rest Less Ride Film
  9. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06t4khh
  10. Web site: Ride of My Life: The Story of the Bicycle - BBC Four. BBC. 2016-01-13.
  11. Web site: Tales from the Wild Wood - BBC Four. BBC. 2016-01-13.
  12. Web site: Flintoff's Road To Nowhere Trailer. Find and Watch. 2016-01-13.
  13. Web site: Flintoff's Lord of the Fries trailer. Find and Watch. 2016-01-13.

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