I’m a Reading boy (almost) born and bred. Moved from London when I was a kid, did my BA at the University of Reading, now doing my PhD here. I’m particularly interested in immigration history, in particular the Irish and… Continue reading

Last Friday Reading played host to a British Academy funded workshop entitled Science and the Humanities for Early Career Scholars. Here the workshop organiser, Prof. David Stack explains the purpose of the workshop and the importance of support in the… Continue reading

I was born in Poole but grew up in Swindon. I did both my BA and MA at the University of Reading, and stayed to do a PhD. My current PhD research is focussing on the English archers of the… Continue reading

I am a native of Reading, although I have very strong family ties with Devon.  As well as being one of the sessional lecturers I am also one of the Department’s PhD researchers – my work focusing on twelfth-century English… Continue reading

Before university, I lived and worked on my parents’ sheep farm in the Scottish highlands and amongst my more normal skills, I can shear sheep with traditional clippers and count a flock of sheep in under a minute. Oddly enough,… Continue reading