Ash Bhardwaj

Ash Bhardwaj is an award-winning speaker, journalist and presenter, who has reported for outlets like the BBC, The Telegraph, The Times, and Condé Nast Traveller. He provides defence analysis for The Spectator and Monocle. Ash is the founder of Leading Stories, specialising in leadership and communications development, media training, and strategic storytelling strategy. He is a member of the British Guild of Travel Writers, a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, and a master’s lecturer in Journalism. He is the author of "Why We Travel: 12 Reasons to Travel and What They Can Teach You About Life", the Independent’s Best Travel Book of 2024." He is a member of the British Guild of Travel Writers, a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, a lecturer in master’s journalism at City University London, and a judge of the Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing and the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Award. Ash’s debut book, Why We Travel: A Journey Into Human Motivation is a