Hugh Thomson (writer)

Hugh Thomson FRGS (born 1960) is a British travel writer, film maker and explorer.

His The Green Road into the Trees: A Walk Through England won the 2014 Wainwright Prize for nature and travel writing.

[2] He has led research expeditions in Peru exploring Inca settlements, including the discovery of Cota Coca in 2002[3] and a 2003 study of Llaqtapata.

[4] He has also led filming expeditions to Mount Kilimanjaro, Bhutan, Afghanistan, and Mexico.

[1] Thomson is also an award-winning film maker: his Dancing in the Street: A Rock and Roll History television documentary series was nominated for the Huw Wheldon Award For The Best Arts Programme or Series in the 1997 BAFTA awards[5] and the three-part Indian Journeys he created with William Dalrymple won the 2001 Grierson Award for Best Documentary Series.