Recent Articles:
Polly Morgan and The Yorkshire Museum
REVIEW: “King Edwin in Exile”
Plans to Keep the Iron Age torcs in the region
My Little Palaeolithic Ponies
Gladiators: A Cemetery of Secrets
Role at One&Other:
Written contributor and historical researcher
Favourite time of year:
Autumn
Favourite travel destination:
London
Secret hideout in York:
York Cemetary - it's really pretty in Spring, honest!
Favourite things about living here:
The History (and all the festivals relating to it!)
Best bars:
The Swan, Guy Fawkes Inn, House of the Trembling Madness
Best insiders tip:
The Judges' Lodgings has a huge courtyard out the back as well as the front, and you don't need to fight for seats!
Icon:
Micklegate Bar
Best view of the city:
The Habit's beer garden.
Favourite shop:
Most of the shops on Stonegate
Best place to eat:
8 O'Clock
This time next year I will be:
Dressed as a Victorian. Much like this year, and last year, and the year before!
Top 5 bands:
The Who, Blackbeard's Tea Party, Raygun, Allo Darlin, The Pipettes
Favourite era:
Roman Golden Age
If I was an animal I would be a:
an urban fox.
I work at York Castle Museum, where I get paid to play with swords and cook medieval food. I love the people I meet through my job – tourists and locals, curators and creators – and the things I learn. In my spare time I write, and I’ve had several short stories and a novella published.
I’m a big supporter of epublishing; I don’t think it’ll replace print, in the same way MP3s haven’t replaced vinyl records, but when you read as much as I do the ability to carry hundreds of books on my phone (and rent more from the library!) makes digital a no-brainer. I love the old and the new, so where better to live than York?
