BBC R3 Programme

My brilliant colleague Amy Butt and I were invited to make a 45-minute programme for BBC Radio 3’s Free Thinking on the subject of “Science Fiction.” The programme was recorded in late February, shortly before lockdown, and broadcast on 15 April 2020. It features Amy and I...

LLS Keynote

I was really pleased to be invited to deliver one of the plenary addresses at the London Literary Society's annual conference in July 2017, which was organised around the theme of "Fantastic London: Dream, Speculation and Nightmare" and held at the Institute of English Studies,...

Night Museum

As part of the Museum of London's new Night Museum series, I'll be giving a talk titled "Dark City: London After the Apocalypse" for the Museum of Dark Places events, curated by Jes Fernie. My talk will consider London’s darker side in literary and popular...