I am a writer, speaker and researcher, based in Cambridge and London. As a Museum Ambassador and Tour Guide at the Brunel Museum in Rotherhithe, London I tell the story of the Thames Tunnel, the first tunnel under a river anywhere in the world and the stories of its creators, Marc Isambard Brunel and his son Isambard Kingdom Brunel. I am also a Discover Volunteer at the Imperial War Museum Duxford and a Visitor Experience Volunteer at the Centre for Computing History in Cambridge.

Previously I have held a number of UK academic posts, including at the University of Cambridge, the London School of Economics and King’s College London, as well as visiting appointments at the University of Toronto and the University of New South Wales. I have written four books and more than 100 published papers, and I have given many talks and presentations across the UK, and in Europe, the USA, Canada, Australia, China and Japan.