About: Rob Penn

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Robert Penn (born 1967) 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. Penn was born in Birmingham and grew up in Wales and London before studying history at the University of Bristol. He has cycled around the world and across Wales in the dark.

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  • Robert Penn (born 1967) 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. Penn was born in Birmingham and grew up in Wales and London before studying history at the University of Bristol. He has cycled around the world and across Wales in the dark. 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. 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. (en)
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  • Robert Penn (born 1967) 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. Penn was born in Birmingham and grew up in Wales and London before studying history at the University of Bristol. He has cycled around the world and across Wales in the dark. (en)
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  • Rob Penn (en)
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