Regular articles and reports, usually illustrated with Venables’s own photographs, for the following specialist journals:
Alpine Journal
American Alpine Journal
Climber Magazine USA
Climbing magazine UK
High magazine – regular monthly column 1986 – 1998
Mountain magazine
Geographical magazine
Also occasional articles for:
Desnivel
La Montagna
Vertical
Panorama
Daily Telegraph outdoor pages 1991 – 1997
Assorted articles. Topics included:
Catherine Destivelle
Chris Bonington and Robin Knox-Johnstone
Caving in South Wales
The London cycle route
Will McLewin – musician, botanist and mountaineer
Gravel extraction in upper Thames valley
Guardian 1993
Cover story on 1953 Everest expedition
The Scotsman
November 1995 – article on autism
2000 – article on following Shackleton’s steps across South Georgia
Country Living Magazine 1997
Historical feature on the great plant hunters
Daily Telegraph magazine 1998
Personal account of sailing climbing expedition to Tierra del Fuego
Gardens Illustrated magazine 1999
Story on traditional vegetable-dyed carpet project in Turkey
Independent on Saturday – garden pages – 2002
Feature on Dick Renshaw’s sculpture exhibition at Hergest Croft
Feature on natural swimming pools
Daily Telegraph 1999 – 2003
Occasional reviews for Saturday books page
Observer January 2000
Personal account of life with an autistic child.
Sunday Telegraph 2000
Feature on Reinhold Messner and hunt for yeti.
Recent Articles Available on the Internet
01.07.01 – Mail on Sunday Travel – Kenya conservation
www.porini.com/ecotourism/mail.html
09.06.02 – Mail on Sunday – Mount Olympus
www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-87053957.html?refid=ency_botnm
16.01.05 – Sunday Times News Review
Playing for Time – interview with Auschwitz cellist survivor Anita Lasker-Wallfisch
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/article412816.ece
20.02.05 – Mail on Sunday Travel – skiing in Val d’Anniviers
http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-128956866.%20html?refid=ency_botnm
27.02.05 – Sunday Times Travel – Himalayan trekking
http://travel.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,10292-1504792.html
05.02.2006 – Sunday Times Travel – Music with Altitude – Lucerne Festival
http://travel.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/travel/holiday_type/music_and_travel/article725855.ece
27.08.06 – Sunday Times News Review – Ranulph Fiennes Eiger training
www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2092-2330026,00.html
Mail on Sunday Travel – Walking in Picos de Europa
http://www.thisistravel.co.uk/travel/activities/%20Walking-on-sunshine–article.html?in_article_id=46765
10.07.06 – Independent – Obituary of Henry Osmaston, geographer and explorer
http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article1169719.ece
28.11.06 – Independent – Obituary of Bernard Rimland, autism expert
http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article2021238.ece
02.09.07 – Sunday Times News Review – Haramosh disaster 50th anniversary
http://travel.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/travel/article2367075.ece
28.11.07 – Guardian
On Thinning Ice – Climate change in The Alps http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2007/nov/28/guardiansocietysupplement.glaciers
13.01.08 – Sunday Times A Step Into History – Sir Edmund Hillary http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article3176463.ece
19.10.08 – Observer Nordic skiing in Austria http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2008/oct/19/travelawards2008-wintersports
17.04.2010 – Guardian Walking and climbing in Asturias http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2010/apr/17/spain-ponga-mountains-walking-climbing
29.04.2011 – Independent Nawang Gombu obituary http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/nawang-gombu-mountain-guide-who-became-the-first-man-to-climb-everest-twice-2276270.html
21.09.2011 – Independent Walter Bonatti obituary http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/walter-bonatti-groundbreaking-mountaineer-who-played-a-crucial-role-in-the-first-ascent-of-k2-2357969.html
14.05.2012 – Daily Mail Lycian coast http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-2144265/Holidays-Turkey-Stepping-time-charming-Lycian-coast.html