The Naked Hermit

This colourful travelogue takes the reader on a journey into some of the foundational stories and enigmatic places that have shaped Britain's sacred landscape.

A travel writer and former Financial Times journalist, Nick Mayhew-Smith spent five years visiting seven hundred sacred sites to write his bestselling book Britain's Holiest Places (Lifestyle Press, 2011). It was turned into a six-part television series shown on BBC4 in 2013. Nick was nominated Writer of the Year by BBC Countryfile in 2012.