About
I am an independent writer, researcher, editor, teacher and academic. Although I have particular expertise in the literature and culture of the nuclear age, on which I offer specialist writing and commentary, I work across a range of topics and I have experience of delivering projects in collaboration with public and private sector organisations. These include innovative creative approaches to heritage and contemporary issues.
My background is in higher education. I have an MA with distinction in Modern Literature: Theory and Practice and a PhD (on the relations between literature and science) from the University of Leicester. I worked for over twenty-five years at Nottingham Trent University, where I was most recently Associate Professor in English and American Literature. As well as research and teaching duties, I was also strongly involved in projects pioneering creative approaches to contemporary issues, and working with external organisations like the UNESCO Creative Cities network, and theatres, cinemas and galleries.
When organisational changes impacted English at the university in 2024, I took the opportunity of voluntary redundancy to pursue a portfolio career. I now combine short-term academic posts, in places where I can add value and experience, in locations I am interested in exploring, with other writing, teaching, editing, research and creative projects.
I am currently working as a Lecturer in English at the University of Galway, where I will be until the end of April 2026, teaching modules in North American Literature, Twentieth-Century Fiction, Literature & Ideas, and Travel Writing. Other work I have undertaken since going freelance, includes teaching courses on film and literature at Broadway Cinema and organising a touring exhibition, Nuclear Bunker: A Creative Archive, showcasing work by writers, experts, a photographer and an artist, memorialising an abandoned government nuclear bunker in Nottingham that would have been a Regional Seat of Government in the event of nuclear war. I have also given the keynote speech at the annual conference for Christian CND, introduced fortieth-anniversary screenings of the BBC’s landmark nuclear film, Threads, and published short fiction.
For recent activities please see the News and Events page. You can view a full list of my publications here. I am a member of the Society of Authors and the Atomic Photographers’ Guild.
Books
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