I am a Safety, Health and Environment Specialist at Network Rail, and an Independent Historian.
I publish regularly in journals and books, and have written or edited the following seven volumes: 'Building Cosmopolis: The Political Thought of H. G. Wells' (2003), 'Clara Zetkin: National and International Contexts' (with Marilyn J. Boxer, 2012), 'The Life, Music and Thought of Woody Guthrie: A Critical Appraisal' (2011), 'H. G. Wells in "Nature", 1893-1946: A Reception Reader' (2008), 'H. G. Wells's Fin-de-siecle: Twenty-first Century Reflections on the Early H. G. Wells. Selections from "The Wellsian"' (2007), 'The Reception of H. G. Wells in Europe' (with Patrick Parrinder, 2005) and '"The Wellsian": Selected Essays on H. G. Wells' (2003).
I am currently researching the reception and influence of Clara Zetkin in British politics.