Recent News

Recent News

 

  • On 3 March 2022, I gave my inaugural professorial lecture at Liverpool Hope: ‘A Return to Nature: The pursuit of “the simple life”, from Edward Thomas to the present day’.  The recording is now available on YouTube.
  • I wrote a chapter on Edward Thomas and Walter de la Mare for Walter de la Mare: Critical Appraisals.
  • On 8 October 2022, I spoke about The Icknield Way at the Edward Thomas Literary Festival 2022.  I was also part of a joint event with the Robert Frost Society.
  • I appeared on the BBC’s In Our Time, discussing Wilfred Owen, on 27 October 2022. (‘Today’s Pick’, The Times, 27 October 2022.)
  • Peace at Last was published in paperback in December 2022.
  • I presented the 100th episode of Shedunnit, ‘The Shedunnit Centenary’, 2 November 2022.  BBC Sounds.
  • I spoke about Peace at Last at the National Army Museum in London on 11 November 2022.
  • I wrote a chapter on Edward Thomas for A History of World War One Poetry (Cambridge University Press, 2023).
  • I wrote an essay on ‘Edward Thomas and the Mundays of East Meon’ for the Edward Thomas Fellowship Newsletter, 89 (January 2023).
  • I wrote and presented an episode of Shedunnit (BBC Sounds) on ‘The Death of the Country House’ in February 2023.
  • I was interviewed by Cal Flyn for Five Books about ‘The Best Books on Poetry of the First World War’ in March 2023.
  • I spoke about ‘Edward Thomas and Climate Change’ at the Petersfield Edward Thomas Weekend in October 2023.
  • Caroline Crampton and I produced an episode of Shedunnit about The Box of Delights for Christmas 2023, and it appeared on BBC Sounds for Christmas 2024.
  • I wrote and presented an episode of Shedunnit (BBC Sounds) on ‘Dylan’s Whodunnits’ (about Dylan Thomas), interviewing John Goodby.  There was also a bonus episode called ‘Poets, Politics and Popularity’ (on Auden and Day Lewis).
  • I gave a talk about ‘Unteaching: Thomas on Teaching, and Teaching Thomas’ at the Edward Thomas Festival, October 2024.
  • I was the judge for the Edward Thomas Essay Competition 2025.