BBC Academy Journalism Blog, 5 April 2016: In March 2016 I was invited to give a talk to auditionees for this year’s AHRC and BBC Radio 3 New Generation Thinker scheme, the scheme that launched my career in broadcasting back in 2013. At the same time, I received an invitation to write a blog for the BBC Academy website on my experience of working in both academia and broadcasting. The result of the talk I gave to the NGT hopefuls is this blog on the challenges and rewards of a delicate balancing act.

‘The Most Underrated Books of All Time‘, Spear’s Online. I contribute to a feature on the books that deserve to be called classic but somehow slipped through the net. My pick? Richard Matheson’s I Am Legend. 

‘BSLS New Generation Thinkers‘, British Society for Literature and Science annual newsletter, November 2013. I share my thoughts about being a BBC New Generation Thinker with the BSLS membership in the 2013 annual newsletter. My conclusion: you need to have as many heads as Worzel Gummidge!

‘‘Why study literature?’’, The University of St Andrews’ 600th Anniversary Campaign Magazine, Issue 2, Martinmas 2013, pp. 4-5. As part of the University of St Andrews’ 600th Anniversary Fund Raising Campaign, I was asked to write a piece on the benefits of studying English Literature at University. It’s a serious topic right now, as the Arts and Humanities on both sides of the Atlantic are struggling to defend themselves against cuts and ‘prove’ the value of themselves as disciplines.