I graduated from Sheffield Hallam University in English Literature and Linguistics in the early 1990s before moving across to New Media. After being taken on by an agency in Sheffield, I worked on several popular music ezines and dot coms before returning to my two great loves of history and literature. I live in the Central Highlands of Scotland where I continue to dodge success with surprising consistency.

Recently I had a hand in researching and fact-checking an 8 episode podcast from Blanchard House on the real-life inspiration for Jay Gatsby. The series is narrated by New York journalist Joe Nocera and former Sunday Times podcast producer Poppy Damon:

Also researched this eight-part series from AppleTV+ hosted by Will Sharpe of White Lotus (Netflix)

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/extrasensory/id1769027640

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Celebrate the centenary of The Great Gatsby with me on BlueSky
https://bsky.app/profile/greatgatsby100.bsky.social

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