The Observer, 8 January 2006
They’ve travelled all over the globe but if they could return to just one special place which would it be? Carl Wilkinson asked 15 of the world’s top travel writers to choose their all-time favourite destination
Colin Thubron
Khotan, China
What appeals to me about revisiting Khotan is that it’s like jumping back in [...]

The Telegraph, 2 October 2004
Carl Wilkinson investigates the bizarre world of student societies
Lying in my makeshift cardboard coffin, I’m in good company. If the reports are to be believed, both George W Bush and John Kerry have gone through a similar ritual on “pledge night” as an initiation into the Order of Skull and Bones [...]

Telegraph, 25 September 2004
There’s no need to live on pasta and cereal, says Carl Wilkinson
“One of our flatmates eats nothing but toast and only has proper food at work – he’s a waiter,” says Mark Power, a 20-year-old history and international relations finalist at LSE, when I pop round for tea.
“He’s definitely the most classic [...]