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{{Short description|British writer, photographer and broadcaster}}
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'''Robert "Rob" Penn''' (born 1967)<ref>{{cite web|title=Penn, Rob|url=http://lccn.loc.gov/no2004067114|publisher=[[Library of Congress Authorities]]|accessdate=3 August 2014}}</ref> is a British writer, photographer and broadcaster.
'''Robert Penn''' (born 1967)<ref>{{cite web|title=Penn, Rob|url=http://lccn.loc.gov/no2004067114|publisher=[[Library of Congress Authorities]]|access-date=3 August 2014}}</ref> is a British writer, photographer and broadcaster.
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He is a frequent columnist in UK national newspapers and has written widely on such subjects as cycling, travel, British woodlands and life in the Brecon Beacons, Wales.<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/commentators/rob-penn-forget-your-sorrows-touch-the-gods--all-you-have-to-do-is-get-on-your-bike-7962373.html Independent: "Rob Penn: Forget your sorrows, touch the gods – all you have to do is get on your bike" (21 July 2012)]</ref><ref>[http://www.travelintelligence.com/travel-writing/writers/rob-penn Travel Intelligence: "Inspiring Travel Writing from Rob Penn"]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Penn |first=Robert |date=2015-12-12 |title=Why we should celebrate winter woodland – not just the Christmas tree |url=http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/dec/12/why-we-should-celebrate-winter-woodland-not-just-the-christmas-tree |access-date=2022-12-07 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}
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Penn was born in Birmingham and grew up in Wales and London <ref>{{cite news|title = Setting sail on a Celtic odyssey|url = http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/books/setting-sail-on-a-celtic-odyssey-1-1300281|work = [[Scotland on Sunday]]|date = 14 March 2004}}</ref> before studying history at the University of Bristol.<ref>{{cite web|title = Authors: Rob Penn|url = http://www.hachetteindia.com/Author_Details.aspx?AuthorId=12838|publisher = [[Hachette (publisher)|Hachette]] India|access-date = 3 August 2014}}</ref>
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He is a frequent columnist in UK national newspapers and has written widely on such subjects as cycling<ref>[http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/commentators/rob-penn-forget-your-sorrows-touch-the-gods--all-you-have-to-do-is-get-on-your-bike-7962373.html Independent: "Rob Penn: Forget your sorrows, touch the gods – all you have to do is get on your bike" (21 July 2012)]</ref> travel<ref>[http://www.travelintelligence.com/travel-writing/writers/rob-penn Travel Intelligence: "Inspiring Travel Writing from Rob Penn"]</ref> British woodlands<ref>[http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/dec/12/why-we-should-celebrate-winter-woodland-not-just-the-christmas-tree#comments] http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/dec/12/why-we-should-celebrate-winter-woodland-not-just-the-christmas-tree
</ref> and life in the Brecon Beacons, Wales.


He has cycled around the world and across Wales in the dark.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Adventure Talks: Rob Penn {{!}} Belstaff Adventures {{!}} Belstaff|url = http://www.belstaff.co.uk/belstaff-adventures/rob-penn.html|website = Belstaff|access-date = 2016-01-13}}</ref><ref>[http://www.howies.co.uk/brainfood/?p=23330 Rest Less Ride Film]</ref>
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Penn was born in Birmingham and grew up on the Isle of Man<ref>{{cite news|title = Setting sail on a Celtic odyssey|url = http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/books/setting-sail-on-a-celtic-odyssey-1-1300281|work = [[Scotland on Sunday]]|date = 14 March 2004}}</ref> before studying history at the University of Bristol.<ref>{{cite web|title = Authors: Rob Penn|url = http://www.hachetteindia.com/Author_Details.aspx?AuthorId=12838|publisher = [[Hachette (publisher)|Hachette]] India|accessdate = 3 August 2014}}</ref> 


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His latest book, ''Slow Rise: A Bread-Making Adventure'' was published by Particular Books/Penguin in February 2021. His book, ''The Man Who Made Things Out of Trees'' was BBC Radio Four 'Book of the Week' in December 2015.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06t4khh] The Man Who Made Things Out of Trees</ref> His other books include ''The Wrong Kind of Snow'' – a survey of the British obsession with the weather, co-authored with Antony Woodward – and ''It's All About the Bike'', which documents his worldwide search for the perfect custom bike, while narrating the social history of the bicycle. ''It's All About the Bike'' was a Sunday Times bestseller in the UK; it has been translated into thirteen languages.
He has cycled around the world and across Wales in the dark.<ref>[http://www.howies.co.uk/brainfood/?p=23330 Rest Less Ride Film]</ref> 


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== Television ==
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His books include The Wrong Kind of Snow – a survey of the British obsession with the weather deriving its title from the phrase "the wrong type of snow", co-authored with Antony Woodward – and the bestselling It's All About the Bike, which documents his worldwide search for the perfect custom bike while narrating the social history of the bicycle. "It's All About the Bike" has been translated into thirteen languages


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In 2010, he wrote and presented the television documentary ''Ride of my Life: the Story of the Bicycle'', based on his book ''It's All About the Bike'', which was broadcast on BBC4 and BBC2.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Ride of My Life: The Story of the Bicycle - BBC Four|url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00t6ylx|website = BBC|access-date = 2016-01-13}}</ref> In 2012, he presented the six-part series ''Tales from the Wild Wood''<ref>{{Cite web|title = Tales from the Wild Wood - BBC Four|url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01ng5lr|website = BBC|access-date = 2016-01-13}}</ref> for BBC4, about British woodlands.
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Television


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In 2013, he cycled 1,200&nbsp;km through the heart of the Amazon rainforest with former England cricket captain [[Andrew Flintoff]] for the two-part [[Sky1]] documentary ''Flintoff's Road to Nowhere''.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Flintoff's Road To Nowhere Trailer|url = http://www.sky.com/tv/show/flintoffs-road-to-nowhere/video/trailer|website = Find and Watch|access-date = 2016-01-13}}</ref>
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In 2010, his television documentary ''Ride of my Life: the Story of the Bicycle'', based on his book ''It's All About the Bike'', was broadcast on BBC4 and BBC2.<nowiki><ref>{{cite web|title=Ride of my Life: the Story of the Bicycle|date=27 July 2010 |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00t6ylx| publisher=bbc.co.uk|accessdate=10 July 2014}}</ref></nowiki> In 2012 he presented ''Tales from the Wild Wood'',<nowiki><ref>Indus Films. Director: Will Lorimera six-part series for BBC4 about British woodlands.</nowiki>


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In 2014, he travelled round Britain in a fish and chip van with Flintoff, making a six-part series for [[Sky1]]. [http://www.sky.com/tv/show/flintoff-lord-of-the-fries/article/about "Lord of the Fries"] was broadcast in February and March 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Flintoff's Lord of the Fries trailer|url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwrjY6o2j2w|website = Find and Watch|access-date = 2016-01-13}}</ref> The second series, ''Flintoff Fries Again'' was broadcast on Sky 1 in February and March 2016.
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In 2013 he cycled 1,200&nbsp;km through the heart of the Amazon rainforest with former England cricket captain [[Andrew Flintoff]] for the two-part [[Sky1]] documentary ''Flintoff's Road to Nowhere''.

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In 2014 he travelled round Britain in a fish and chip van with Andrew Flintoff, making a six part series for [[Sky1]]. [http://www.sky.com/tv/show/flintoff-lord-of-the-fries/article/about "Lord of the Fries"] was broadcast in February and March 2015.


==Publications==
==Publications==
* 2015 - ''The Man Who Made Things Out of Trees (''Particular Books. <nowiki>ISBN 978-1846148422</nowiki>)
*2021 - Slow Rise: A Bread-Making Adventure (Particular Books. {{ISBN|978-0241352083}})
* 2010 – ''It's All About the Bike: The Pursuit of Happiness on Two Wheels'' (Particular Books. ISBN 978-1-84614-262-8)
*2015 - ''The Man Who Made Things Out of Trees (''Particular Books. {{ISBN|978-1846148422}})
* 2008 – ''[[Celtic Trail cycle route|The Celtic Trail]]: The Official Guide to National Cycle Network Routes 4 and 47 from Fishguard to Chepstow'' (Pocket Mountains Ltd. ISBN 978-0-9554548-6-8)
*2010 – ''It's All About the Bike: The Pursuit of Happiness on Two Wheels'' (Particular Books. {{ISBN|978-1-84614-262-8}})
*2008 – ''[[Celtic Trail cycle route|The Celtic Trail]]: The Official Guide to National Cycle Network Routes 4 and 47 from Fishguard to Chepstow'' (Pocket Mountains Ltd. {{ISBN|978-0-9554548-6-8}})
* 2007 – ''The Wrong Kind of Snow: The Complete Daily Companion to the British Weather'', with [[Antony Woodward]] (Hodder & Stoughton. ISBN 978-0-340-93787-7)
*2007 – ''The Wrong Kind of Snow: The Complete Daily Companion to the British Weather'', with [[Antony Woodward]] (Hodder & Stoughton. {{ISBN|978-0-340-93787-7}})
* 2005 – ''A Place to Cycle: Amazing Rides from Around the World'' (Conran Octopus. ISBN 978-1-84091-391-0)
*2005 – ''A Place to Cycle: Amazing Rides from Around the World'' (Conran Octopus. {{ISBN|978-1-84091-391-0}})
* 2004 – ''The Sky is Falling on Our Heads: A Journey to the Bottom of the Celtic Fringe'' (Sceptre. ISBN 978-0-340-82752-9)
*2004 – ''The Sky is Falling on Our Heads: A Journey to the Bottom of the Celtic Fringe'' (Sceptre. {{ISBN|978-0-340-82752-9}})


==References==
==References==
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* [http://www.robpenn.net/ Official website]
* [http://www.robpenn.net/ Official website]
* [http://www.dolectures.com/lectures/an-ode-to-the-bicycle/ Lecture: "An Ode to the Bicycle"]
* [http://www.dolectures.com/lectures/an-ode-to-the-bicycle/ Lecture: "An Ode to the Bicycle"]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3coLv-s6HUY&feature=related YouTube: Penguin Books trailer for ''It's All About The Bike'']
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3coLv-s6HUY YouTube: Penguin Books trailer for ''It's All About The Bike'']
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qo2EodFXJPg YouTube: "It's All About The Bike by Robert Penn"]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qo2EodFXJPg YouTube: "It's All About The Bike by Robert Penn"]


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Latest revision as of 09:38, 7 December 2022

For other people named Robert Penn, see Robert Penn (disambiguation).

Robert Penn (born 1967)[1] is a British writer, photographer and broadcaster. He is a frequent columnist in UK national newspapers and has written widely on such subjects as cycling, travel, British woodlands and life in the Brecon Beacons, Wales.[2][3][4]

Penn was born in Birmingham and grew up in Wales and London [5] before studying history at the University of Bristol.[6]

He has cycled around the world and across Wales in the dark.[7][8]

His latest book, Slow Rise: A Bread-Making Adventure was published by Particular Books/Penguin in February 2021. His book, The Man Who Made Things Out of Trees was BBC Radio Four 'Book of the Week' in December 2015.[9] His other books include The Wrong Kind of Snow – a survey of the British obsession with the weather, co-authored with Antony Woodward – and It's All About the Bike, which documents his worldwide search for the perfect custom bike, while narrating the social history of the bicycle. It's All About the Bike was a Sunday Times bestseller in the UK; it has been translated into thirteen languages.

Television

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In 2010, he wrote and presented the television documentary Ride of my Life: the Story of the Bicycle, based on his book It's All About the Bike, which was broadcast on BBC4 and BBC2.[10] In 2012, he presented the six-part series Tales from the Wild Wood[11] for BBC4, about British woodlands.

In 2013, he cycled 1,200 km through the heart of the Amazon rainforest with former England cricket captain Andrew Flintoff for the two-part Sky1 documentary Flintoff's Road to Nowhere.[12]

In 2014, he travelled round Britain in a fish and chip van with Flintoff, making a six-part series for Sky1. "Lord of the Fries" was broadcast in February and March 2015.[13] The second series, Flintoff Fries Again was broadcast on Sky 1 in February and March 2016.

Publications

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  • 2021 - Slow Rise: A Bread-Making Adventure (Particular Books. ISBN 978-0241352083)
  • 2015 - The Man Who Made Things Out of Trees (Particular Books. ISBN 978-1846148422)
  • 2010 – It's All About the Bike: The Pursuit of Happiness on Two Wheels (Particular Books. ISBN 978-1-84614-262-8)
  • 2008 – The Celtic Trail: The Official Guide to National Cycle Network Routes 4 and 47 from Fishguard to Chepstow (Pocket Mountains Ltd. ISBN 978-0-9554548-6-8)
  • 2007 – The Wrong Kind of Snow: The Complete Daily Companion to the British Weather, with Antony Woodward (Hodder & Stoughton. ISBN 978-0-340-93787-7)
  • 2005 – A Place to Cycle: Amazing Rides from Around the World (Conran Octopus. ISBN 978-1-84091-391-0)
  • 2004 – The Sky is Falling on Our Heads: A Journey to the Bottom of the Celtic Fringe (Sceptre. ISBN 978-0-340-82752-9)

References

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  1. ^ "Penn, Rob". Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  2. ^ Independent: "Rob Penn: Forget your sorrows, touch the gods – all you have to do is get on your bike" (21 July 2012)
  3. ^ Travel Intelligence: "Inspiring Travel Writing from Rob Penn"
  4. ^ Penn, Robert (12 December 2015). "Why we should celebrate winter woodland – not just the Christmas tree". the Guardian. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  5. ^ "Setting sail on a Celtic odyssey". Scotland on Sunday. 14 March 2004.
  6. ^ "Authors: Rob Penn". Hachette India. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  7. ^ "Adventure Talks: Rob Penn | Belstaff Adventures | Belstaff". Belstaff. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  8. ^ Rest Less Ride Film
  9. ^ [1] The Man Who Made Things Out of Trees
  10. ^ "Ride of My Life: The Story of the Bicycle - BBC Four". BBC. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  11. ^ "Tales from the Wild Wood - BBC Four". BBC. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  12. ^ "Flintoff's Road To Nowhere Trailer". Find and Watch. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  13. ^ "Flintoff's Lord of the Fries trailer". Find and Watch. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
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