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Oliver Smith

Oliver Smith
Oliver Smith is an acclaimed travel writer who contributes mostly to the Financial Times, The Times, and Outside Magazine. He worked for Lonely Planet magazine for ten years. During his time there he won Travel Writer of the Year at the Travel Media Awards, was AITO Travel Writer of the Year on three occasions, and was nominated for PPA Writer of the Year. He is the author of On This Holy Land: A Modern Pilgrimage Across Britain.


Liverpool Never Forgets: On the Legacy of the Hillsborough Disaster

Oliver Smith Considers Soccer as Sport and Religion in the United Kingdom
March 10, 2025  By Oliver Smith
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