Simon Parker, a loose forward, received his first call-up to the All Blacks squad for the Rugby Championship, alongside ...

The big Chiefs loose forward has been rewarded for an excellent season, meanwhile a lot of players will miss the tests ...

All Blacks coach Scott Robertson selects Simon Parker for Rugby Championship squad debut, with the 120kg Chiefs forward set ...

As a 6-ft-6in (1.97m) loose forward weighing around 120 kg, it takes a lot for Waikato Chief Simon Parker to be knocked off his stride.

For 25 years, Simon Parker taught Hebrew Bible and Scripture at Boston University's School of Theology, using his vast knowledge, his wit and his talent for storytelling to make scholarly ancient ...

Simon Parker, once an aircraft engineer with the Royal Air Force, is one such individual. He discovered a haven on Flat Holm, a remote island near Wales, where he not only oversees its ...

Edited extract from A Ride Across America: A 4,000-Mile Adventure Through the Small Towns and Big Issues of the USA, by Simon Parker (September Publishing, £19.99), out now.

Travel writer Simon Parker talks cycling the States. Caroline Sanderson Caroline Sanderson is Associate Editor of The Bookseller, and since 2000, the magazine's non-fiction previewer.