Books
“You can almost feel the cold slap of seawater against the face, taste the salt.” BBC Countryfile
“His prose runs, breaks and shifts with the force and beauty of the seas that bear him.” The Spectator
The Frayed Atlantic Edge
(Harper Collins)
The story of a 2,000km kayak journey, exploring the cultures, land- & sea-scapes of Atlantic Britain & Ireland.
Afloat
(Harper Collins, coming soon)
A seabound journey through North-Atlantic coasts & islands, exploring ways of life that have been built on small rowed or paddled boats. A vision of how those ways of life might inform all our futures.
The Victorians: a Beginner’s Guide
(Oneworld Books)
An introduction to nineteenth-century Britain, intended for students & any general reader.
Dialogues with the Dead
(Oxford University Press)
An academic monograph exploring the emergence of British Egyptology as an academic field, showing how the religious beliefs of early Egyptologists did far more to shape the discipline than previously recognised.
