Writing

For five years, Xander edited Fika Online, a blog dedicated to Nordic lifestyle and culture. He led the culture section at Nordic Style Magazine for two years and has written about the Nordic countries for Scan Magazine, The Local, The Copenhagen Post and Cinema Scandinavia. He has also contributed articles to publications that include Horse & Hound, the Racing Post and the Bloodstock Notebook.

Broadcasting

As part of his studies, Xander spent a year in France, during which time he produced/presented programmes for ARTE Radio Audioblogs and World Radio Paris. After gathering experience at ITV, Sky and Virgin Radio UK, he has reported for podcasts, and for the BBC and Monocle.

Other

Xander has appeared as an extra in various films and television series.

Selected Portfolio

• 'From iron curtain to green corridor', Discover Germany, Switzerland & Austria mag, 1st November 2025
• 'Here's mud in your eye': spotlight on German beach racing, TRC, 10th October 2025
• 'The former prime minister committed to peace and understanding', Scan Magazine, 1st October 2025
• 'Un moment crucial pour le galop suédois', GALORAMA magazine, 5th September 2025
• The world of Swedish 'raggare', report, Monocle Radio, 4th August 2025
• 'Sissela Kyle: Sweden's queen of variety', Scan Magazine, 1st August 2025
• 'Treasure island': a visit to Jersey, Gallop Magazine, 1st August 2025
• 'Helen Russell's decade of living Danishly', Scan Magazine, 1st June 2025
• 'Anders Zorn - peintre de l'âme suédoise', ARTE Radio Audioblogs, 30th May 2025
• 'Norway's hot dog obsession', Scan Magazine, 1st March 2025
• 'Back from the brink': jump racing in New Zealand, Gallop Magazine, 1st February 2025
• The disputed rock between Greenland and Canada, report, Monocle Radio, 29th January 2025
  
• 'Rachel Khoo: The globetrotter who grew roots in Sweden', Scan Magazine, 1st December 2024
• 'Splashing around': Germany's seejagdrennen, Gallop Magazine, 1st November 2024
• 'The world's toughest steeplechase': Britain's Pardubice participants, Horse & Hound, 3rd October 2024
• Norway's 'slow television' phenomenon, report, Monocle Radio, 25th September 2024
• 'Timber Topper': Charlie Marshall's Maryland triumph, Gallop Magazine, 1st August 2024
• 'We don't even know...': the future of Swedish jump racing, The Racing Post, 14th July 2024
• 'Nordea Open: tennis by the sea in a summer sporting spectacle', Scan Magazine, 1st June 2024
• Ukraine's Swedish village, report, Monocle Radio, 8th April 2024
• 'The Norwegian trainer with her raft of promising recruits...', Trainer Magazine, 4th April 2024
• 'Danish breeding upheld at the other York', Bloodstock Notebook, winter 2023
• 'An Italian Job', Racing Ahead Magazine, 28th August 2023
• 'Park life': national day in Stockholm, Gallop Magazine, 1st August 2023
• 'Les Pays-Bas : inondés par la manie de Vermeer', ARTE Radio Audioblogs, 30th June 2023
• Switzerland's 'White Turf', report for From Our Own Correspondent, BBC Radio 4, 9th March 2023
• 'How the Faroe Islands bounced back', Scan Magazine, 1st November 2022
• 'Golden Jubilee: Queen Margrethe II of Denmark', Fika Online, 26th September 2022
• 'Do Swedish immigrants get a bad rep in Norway?', The Local (Europe), 6th September 2022
• 'Inside Scandinavia's brave new world...', The Racing Post, 5th July 2022
• 'Towns you can reach from Oslo...', The Local (Norway), 4th July 2022
• 'Iceland is home to the world's oldest parliament', Fika Online, 30th May 2022
• 'A gastronomic tour of Sweden's Jämtland', Fika Online, 25th October 2021
• 'Paris is a quiet and empty city, but still a dream...', The Local (France), 9th February 2021
• 'La Norvège de Nikolaï Astrup', ARTE Radio Audioblogs, 30th October 2020 
• 'Unravelling Britain's Scandinavian obsession', The Copenhagen Post, 17th October 2020