Matthew Hancock is a freelance journalist writing regularly for national newspapers, mostly on Portugal, including
The Telegraph,
The Guardian,
The Independent, and
High Life (British Airways' in-flight magazine). Hancock is also the author of
Rough Guide Directions: Madeira, Lisbon, and the Algarve. He is the coauthor of
The Rough Guide to Portugal.
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