Howard Swains is a freelance journalist based between London and New York. He is a freelance contributor and sub-editor at The Guardian and Observer, the former Deputy Sport Editor of Times Online, and is a former gambling columnist for The Times.He has written about film, travel, sport, technology and gambling for numerous publications and websites, including Wired.co.uk, The New York Sun, The New York Post and The Racing Post. He also wrote the 2008 edition of Spectacular Slovakia for the Slovak Spectator.He holds an MA in English from St Andrews University (1997) and an MS in journalism from Columbia Journalism School (2007).