Mark Jones

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Mark Jones started writing about travel for The Evening Standard in the 1990s and has been a regular contributor to the travel pages of The Independent since 2011. He edited the British Airways magazine High Life and now divides his time between that publication, the Best Western Magazine Do Not Disturb and writing. He is a past Travelex Magazine Writer of the Year (for Krakow) and in 2013 won the AITO Travel Writer of the Year award for a piece on the Galapagos. He divides his time between the Chiltern hills and the Andalucian mountains. Geographically, he specialises in – everywhere and nowhere.

<p>Pure air and adventure are in rich supply here in Zagori </p>

Inside the beautiful Greek region you’ve probably never heard of

<p>If the hat fits: Sharon Stone, pictured in an arts centre in AlUla, is forging a new path as artist and humanitarian </p>

Sharon Stone: ‘I had to follow the shadows until I found the light’

<p>Wildlife is released at a nature reserve in Saudi Arabia </p>

The desert does bloom: Rewilding AlUla

<p>One of the leopards at the Taif breeding facility in Saudi Arabia</p>

For the love of the leopard

Please don't come to Comares

Letter: Give Scots the government they voted for, or lose them

FAN'S EYE VIEW; Play-off addicts dream on