Journalism

I’ve worked as a freelance journalist for over six years and have contributed to many market-leading titles including FHM, The Sun, Arena, The Guardian, Empire, National Enquirer, Mixmag and The Observer, as well as magazines in the US, Australia, South Africa, Spain, India and Malaysia.

As FHM’s longest-serving journalist, I specialise in men’s interest, humour, ‘real life’ stories and celebrity interviews, but I have been writing health and fitness features for Men’s Fitness for five years and parenting pieces for FQ since 2003. By clicking on the intro text below you can read or download a selection of my work.

If you would like to commission me to write an article for your publication, or would like to syndicate one of my features, please click here to email me or call +44 (0)7887 587402.

The War Surgeon

Q&A: THE WAR SURGEON

FHM

Dr Jonathan Kaplan on hacking off skin with razor blades, dealing with horrific flashbacks, and sticking his hands in people’s guts….

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MAN OF THE MOMENT

Men’s Fitness

Is it the ability to empathise with women or being able to change spark plugs? Is it playing with your children in soft-focus joy or beating seven shades of shit out of rival football fans? We go in search of the 21st century ‘real man’…

Bill Bailey

Q&A: BILL BAILEY

Nuts

“I can drink, oh yeah. I can drink with the best of them”

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YOU’RE OFF!

Men’s Fitness

Thought all football refs were fat and slow? In fact they cover more ground than the players and have a training regime to rival any of the top clubs. To prove it, they invited us along to try it…

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LOOK INTO MY EYES

FQ

Over the last few thousand years, mankind has invented the wheel, explored outer space and bombed half the planet. Yet the greatest miracle of all, childbirth, still eludes us. So father of two, Simeon de la Torre, bravely underwent hypnosis in an attempt to experience the impossible…

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PUMPING IRON: ONE MAN’S ATTEMPT TO LIVE BY THE GOVERNMENT’S HEALTH GUIDELINES

Men’s Fitness

As part of its drive to halt the rise of obesity in Britain, the Government has introduced a set of lifestyle suggestions that it claims will get you fitter. Oh really? We decided to put them to the test – with some frightening results…

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“IT WAS LIKE BLACK HAWK DOWN TIMES TEN”

Nuts

When his unit came under heavy fire in Iraq, Justin Thomas didn’t hesitate to take on the enemy himself – with just a single gun…

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FOOD: GO FISH

Arena

A healthy resurgence in British shellfish means there’s more to seafood than cod in white sauce

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SPECIAL REPORT: WELCOME TO HELL

FHM

100 year winter on Britain’s doorstep! Temperatures rising faster than at any time in history! One million of the world’s species extinct within 50 years time! Welcome to hell…

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I WAS… SADDAM’S BITCH

FHM

LatifYahia spent the first Gulf War waving at Iraqis while pretending to be Saddam’s son, Uday. It wasn’t all a barrel of laughs… PLUS! Interviews with Mohamed Fayed’s bodyguard, The Queen’s chef, Michael Hutchence’s publicist and more…

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LEARNING CURVES

The Guardian

Simeon de la Torre enrols at an extreme ski school in Jackson Hole, USA…

DRINK: WE’VE COME OVER ALL CONTINENTAL

Arena

Spoil yourself in the afternoon by delving into the unexplored end of the optics…

HOW TO BREAK EVERYTHING (FIRST TIME)

FHM

There’s no point pummelling your victim in the gizzard when a single blow to the side of the head will knock him out straight away. Everything has a devastatingly effective ‘sweet spot’ – and we’ve found it…

SAVING GRACES

The Guardian

Duty-free shopping means the Italian resort of Livigno is guaranteed to offer visitors a run for their money, says Simeon de la Torre…

DRINK: AN APPLE A DAY…

Arena

No longer just the tipple of teenagers, tramps and rural bumpkins, cider is cultivating a more sophisticated image with a vast array of individual styles…

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‘SHRINK RAP’ INTERVIEW: THE CUBAN BROTHERS

Mixmag

Cuban Brothers Miguel and Archerio combine DJing, comedy and naked breakdancing. Sigmund Filth pokes around the dirty minds of dance…

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SHOT DOWN BEHIND ENEMY LINES

Nuts

What began as a routine mission ended with British airman John Nichol being shot from the sky, captured, pistol whipped and throw into an Iraqi cell…

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