Stuart Forster

In March 2015, Forster was named Journalist of the Year at the Holland Press Awards for his body of work on the Netherlands and Dutch culture published in 2014.{{cite web |url=http://www.holland.com/uk/press/holland-news/holland-press-event-and-awards-2015.htm |title=Holland Press Event and Awards 2015 - Holland News - Holland.com |website=www.holland.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924041918/http://www.holland.com/uk/press/holland-news/holland-press-event-and-awards-2015.htm |archive-date=2015-09-24}} He retained that title at the 2016 awards. In 2017 he was presented with the award for the Best City Article, for a feature published on Rotterdam.

In 2017 he was presented with the Best Online Coverage award at the British Annual Canada Travel Awards, which are known as the BACTAs within the travel industry. The awards were presented at Canada House in London.

Forster's written work has appeared in the Independent on Sunday,{{cite web | url = https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/uk/philip-larkins-hull-marking-30-years-since-the-poets-death-10448345.html| date = 9 August 2015 | first = Stuart | last = Forster | accessdate = 2 September 2015 | work = The Independent | title = Philip Larkin's Hull: Marking 30 years since the poet's death }} The Sydney Morning Herald,{{cite web | url = http://www.traveller.com.au/its-a-mans-world--20cea| date = 13 May 2012 | first = Stuart | last = Forster | accessdate = 2 September 2015 | publisher = Fairfax Media | title = It's a man's world... }} The Hindu,{{cite web | url = http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-sundaymagazine/article1437770.ece | date = 2 November 2008 | first = Stuart | last = Forster | accessdate = 29 July 2015 | work = The Hindu | title = Bollywood goes German}} The Times Group publications,{{cite web | url = http://www.mumbaimirror.com/others/leisure/Travel-October-revolution/articleshow/23243111.cms| date = 29 September 2013 | first = Stuart | last = Forster | accessdate = 29 July 2015 | publisher = Mumbai Mirror | title = October Revolution}} and Deccan Herald.{{cite web | url = http://www.deccanherald.com/content/294125/walling-up-history.html | date = 25 November 2012 | first = Stuart | last = Forster | accessdate = 29 July 2015 | publisher = Deccan Herald | title = Walling up history}} He has written and photographed for National Geographic,{{cite web | url = http://natgeotraveller.co.uk/blog/rwanda-on-the-trail-of-chimpanzees | date = 20 March 2013 | accessdate = 29 July 2015 | first = Stuart | last = Forster | publisher = National Geographic | title = Rwanda: On the trail of chimpanzees}} National Geographic Kids, and The Wisden Cricketer.

He publishes food and travel blog posts on his own site and The Huffington Post.{{Cite web|url=http://go-eat-do.com/|title=Go Eat Do | Affordable Luxury Travel and Food Blog|website=Go Eat Do}}{{Cite web|url=https://consent.yahoo.com/v2/collectConsent?sessionId=1_cc-session_6b9b6611-ad73-4877-938e-e6df7e7820f1|title=HuffPost is now a part of Verizon Media|website=consent.yahoo.com}} In August 2015, his site was listed among the United Kingdom's top 50 food blogs.{{cite web |url=http://www.rebateszone.com/top-food-blog-in-uk-to-follow |title=Top Food Blogs In UK To Follow {{!}} |website=www.rebateszone.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924085253/http://www.rebateszone.com/top-food-blog-in-uk-to-follow |archive-date=2015-09-24}}

He has contributed to the books The Irresponsible Traveller: Tales of Scrapes and Narrow Escapes (Bradt, 2014), Driving Holidays Across India (Outlook Traveller, 2009), which was named the 2010 winner of India's National Tourism Award for best travel publication in English, and Secret Journeys of a Lifetime: 500 of the World's Best Hidden Travel Gems (National Geographic, 2011). He wrote about snake boat racing in the guidebook Kerala (Stark World, 2006).

Forster is a member of the British Guild of Travel Writers.{{cite web |url=http://bgtw.org/2015/08/vincent-van-gogh-125-years-of-inspiration/ |title=Vincent Van Gogh – 125 Years of Inspiration {{!}} BGTW |website=bgtw.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151006111531/http://bgtw.org/2015/08/vincent-van-gogh-125-years-of-inspiration/ |archive-date=2015-10-06}}

His photography is influenced by his mentor, the late Indian photojournalist N. Thiagarajan, who described himself as "a pictorial photojournalist".

In May 2009, one of Forster's images, photographed during a demonstration in Delhi, India, was selected for inclusion in the UK National Union of Journalists' Photography Matters exhibition in London of fifty news photographs taken by NUJ members during 2007 and 2008.{{Cite web|url=http://www.standupforphotojournalism.org/|title=Stand Up For PhotoJournalism|website=www.standupforphotojournalism.org}} His work was also exhibited at the 2006 Pingyao International Photography Festival in Pingyao, China.{{cite web |url=http://www.pip919.com/ |title=Home |website=pip919.com}}

Forster is also active in the field of intercultural studies (cross-cultural communication) and lectures on photography and travel writing.

Forster played national league basketball in England and Wales for U.C. Swansea (1990–93) and Leicester Falcons (1993–94). He was selected to play for the University of Wales in the British Universities Sports Federation championships in 1992.

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