Martin Fletcher

Who is Martin Fletcher?

Martin Fletcher is former associate editor and former foreign editor of The Times, a British newspaper.

He has also worked for The Times as a political journalist, as Washington Bureau Chief, as Belfast correspondent, and as Europe correspondent based in Brussels. He was foreign editor from 2002 and 2006. Since then he has worked as a roving correspondent specialising mostly in foreign affairs, reporting from many countries including Syria, Iran, Iraq, Egypt, Libya, Haiti, Zimbabwe, Somalia, China and the Democratic Republic of Congo. He was shortlisted for foreign journalist of the year in the British Press Awards of 2007 and 2010, for best travel article in the Foreign Press Association Awards of 2008, and for best print journalist in the Foreign Press Association awards of 2009. He now writes articles for magazines including GQ, Prospect, the Daily Telegraph colour supplement and Conde Nast Traveller. He is also the author of The Good Caff Guide, Almost Heaven: Travels Through the Backwoods of America and Silver Linings: Travels around Northern Ireland..