James Rampton

James Rampton is a freelance feature writer, specialising in culture and travel. He was a staff feature writer at The Independent for a decade. He has subsequently written travel features for The Week, Daily Mail, The Independent, The i Paper and The Scotsman. He was nominated for the National Consumer Feature of the Year award at the 2025 TravMedia Awards for his article for The Week about the Rocky Mountaineer railway. He has an MA in modern languages from Exeter College, Oxford and has written twelve books. He’s also a regular newspaper reviewer for Sky News, as well as chairing Q&As for Bafta and the BBC.