I have been a lecturer in the history of Britain and the World at the University of York since 2017. In 2016 I completed my PhD in history at the University of California, Berkeley and afterwards spent a year as a visiting professor at Columbia University in New York.
I specialize in the history of cities, political economy, and culture. My first book ‘Foundations’ is about the transformation of the British built environment in the twentieth century, focussing on housing, consumption and patterns of work. Broadly I am interested in how the spaces of everyday life were altered forever in the twentieth century, and the implications of these transformations for politics. My second book is a history of Liverpool, and how the city’s past helps us think about Britain’s present and future.
I have also written freelance for various publications including Time Magazine, The Outline, Tribune, Renewal, Jacobin, Gawkwer and The Blizzard and about urban planning, politics, the economy and football. I am currently the book reviews editor for the journal Urban History.