Articles by Nick Coates

Somebody stole my idea!

Once upon a time, I had a great idea. An invention that was to revolutionalise travel. I was in the middle of a backpacking sojourn in 1990 – which was, incidentally, regarded as exotic and adventurous by my friends and family at the time, but is now merely called a ‘gap year’, filling the space between university and a proper job. Continue reading »