Jonathan Begg

Writers bio:
Jonathan Begg is an experienced journalist, editor, fiction writer and advertising man, with a strong speciality in travel. Born in 1947, he won a major scholarship to Oundle, and saw active service as a rifleman in Mad Mitch's battalion in the re-capture of Aden Crater, before launching his writing career on the Edinburgh Tatler and Glasgow Illustrated.

In London, he spent ten years in advertising agencies, writing campaigns for Whitbread, R.White's, Scholl, Crittall and Bayer, before going freelance in 1981. He was Deputy Editor of the travel quarterly Going Places 1987-93, and has contributed to many other publications including Travelscope, Campaign, Woman's Realm, The Independent on Sunday and Times Literary Supplement. He is regularly involved in promotional work for tour operators, airlines, hotel groups and national tourist boards.

Mr Begg lives in Queensway, Bayswater, probably the most multi-national street in the world.