Arts & culture commissioning editor for The Conversation; freelance journalist, author, book editor, speech writer, travel writer and ghost writer.
Glasgow, Scotland
Joined April 2017
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What makes music truly ‘Russian’? The forgotten debate between Tchaikovsky and his star pupil theconversation.com/what-mak… via @ConversationUK
Hauntology examines how what happened in the past – and what didn’t – informs the present theconversation.com/hauntolo… via @ConversationUK
Raye’s ambitious Mercury Prize-winning album is a testament to female creative freedom theconversation.com/rayes-am… via @ConversationUK
Pan’s Labyrinth at 20: a powerful, symbolic tribute to Spanish resilience in the face of fascism theconversation.com/pans-lab… via @ConversationUK
Wicker and the rise of the ‘monster romance’: why audiences are falling for the non-human theconversation.com/wicker-a… via @ConversationUK
The Black designers redefining British fashion by drawing on their own heritage, culture and history theconversation.com/the-blac… via @ConversationUK
Primetime: in this taut morally complex thriller, ambition, entertainment and justice collide theconversation.com/primetim… via @ConversationUK
Victorian spiritualism capitalised on the desire to transcend death to create new ways of making money theconversation.com/victoria… via @ConversationUK
London Film Festival round-up: a five-star weepie, a sweeping Spanish epic and a misspent youth in post-punk Manchester theconversation.com/london-f… via @ConversationUK
The Crucible: Arthur Miller’s morality tale was as much a reaction to his own marital failings as it was to the ‘red scare’ theconversation.com/the-cruc… via @ConversationUK
When powerful women are remembered as witches, we should challenge the historical motive theconversation.com/when-pow… via @ConversationUK
Can AI help ‘humanise’ museums? New report reminds us why art matters in a changing world theconversation.com/can-ai-h… via @ConversationUK
Can memoirs ever tell the whole truth? theconversation.com/can-memo… via @ConversationUK
Spider-Man’s 1,000th issue: the enduring appeal of the tortured Hamlet of superheroes theconversation.com/spider-m… via @ConversationUK
National Year of Reading: linguistic diversity should be central to reading for pleasure intiatives theconversation.com/national… via @ConversationUK
Women in architecture: the damaging workplace culture pushing talented professionals out theconversation.com/women-in… via @ConversationUK
Childless women who shape history and culture are still judged on not being mothers theconversation.com/childles… via @ConversationUK
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Fifa president Gianni Infantino set for fourth term – despite World Cup controversies theconversation.com/fifa-pre… via @ConversationUK
Confessions II: a euphoric return to form that reveals a more vulnerable Madonna theconversation.com/confessi… via @ConversationUK
