Richard Franks is a freelance travel writer and journalist based in Birmingham in the UK. He has been writing about travel, culture and music for over a decade, with bylines in BBC Travel, National Geographic Traveller, The Telegraph, The Times, The Guardian, Rough Guides and many more.
He spoke with Si Willmore about searching for a secret colony of wallabies that live on an island in the middle of Loch Lomond, his home city Birmingham's new lease of life, getting lost on the tiny Spanish island of La Gomera and his music blog that went on to become the Official Local Music Provider for Aston Villa Football Club. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy) for more information.