Journalistic Samples
Middle East Health Magazine: According to World Health Organisation (WHO), a growing tide of hereditary disorders and congenital defects in the region is reaching levels that are a ‘major health concern’. Experts point the finger of blame at the high rate of consanguinity. Sarah Monaghan reports. Read here.
Read MoreBBC News. At the moment Gabon, in West Africa, is reliant on oil for its income. But with supplies due to run out by 2020, the nation is keen to turn some of the virgin equatorial forest - full of elephants, chimps, gorillas, mandrills, hippos and leopards - into national parks for tourists ... Read here.
Read MoreGabon Magazine: As scientists from the Pasteur Institute embark on the first study of the genome of the Gabonese population, DNA research in the US leads actor Samuel L Jackson to trace his roots. Slavery had stripped Jackson of the knowledge of his roots, as it has so many African-Americans. However, DNA and ... Read here.
Read MoreDaily Mail: Lying on the deck of the Balearic Breezer, its white sails billowing as it cruises across the Bay of Pollensa, I feel glamorous. We sail into Formentor Bay, a golden strip of sand enclosed by pine-forested hillsides where the water is shades of cobalt and aquamarine. Trailing my hand in it, I see a champagne cork bobbing... Read here.
Sunday Times: Sarah Monaghan discovers the remote islands of Sao Tome and Principe (original behind paywall here). I am in a fairy-tale scene. The jungle has wreathed its way into the abandoned buildings as if they were Mayan temples. Read here.
Read MoreGabon Magazine: As dawn breaks on the province of Woleu-Ntem in north Gabon, the plantations begin to fill with activity as the tappers arrive. From first light until mid-morning ... Read here.
Read MoreGabon Magazine: With settings from Out of Africa to the Heart of Darkness, Loango National Park offers such a varied landscape that, as Sarah Monaghan discovers, each day’s safari is a new episode... Read here.
Read MoreEverything Spain: Taking on the renovation of a medieval masía in the heart of Catalonia has been an epic project for Times columnist and broadcaster Matthew Parris. The result is spectacular. He welcomes Sarah Monaghan to his castle... Read here.
Read MoreGabon Magazine: Article about the West African timber trade. It's only from the air that you grasp the magnitude of Gabon’s tropical forests. When my plane takes off from Libreville International Airport, I can see below the Presidential Palace, a building ... Read here.
Read MoreThe Lady Magazine: Sarah Monaghan boards the narrow gauge Transcantábrico through Northern Spain. Voyeurism is half the pleasure of rail travel and on a train like this, what can you do but stare out the window and enjoy the metronomic beat of wheel over track and glimpses of lives caught in motion? Read here.
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