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Sarah Peverley

Professor Sarah Peverley
BA, PGCHE, PhD, FRHistS

Professor of English Literature
English
Part of
School of the Arts
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Contact

S.Peverley@liverpool.ac.uk

http://sarahpeverley.com

Professional activities

Conference Roles

  • 'Ruined by a Mermaid's Curse: The Sea, Superstition, and Loss in a Yorkshire Legend from Staithes' at Sirens: Women and the Sea, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Ferens Art Gallery, Hull, 2025)
  • 'A Mermaid’s Curse: Egg-Broth, Inundation and Economic Decline in a Yorkshire Legend from Staithes' at English Seminar Series (University of Liverpool, 2025)
  • ‘Mermaids of the British Isles and Ireland: Sirens of Sin and Salvation’ at Imaginative Landscapes and Otherworlds 2024: The Liminality of Water and Aqueous Realms (Canterbury and Exeter, 2024)
  • 'Back to the Future: History and Onomancy in Wellcome Library MS 8004, a Fifteenth-Century Scientific and Prognostic Compendium' at The 10th Medieval Chronicle Conference, by Invitation (Nancy, France, 2023)
  • Practical Collaboration Between Tv and Academia - What We Need at AHTV Roundtable, by Invitation (London, 2023)
  • Chair of 'The Brut Tradition' at The 9th International Conference on The Medieval Chronicle, by Invitation (Virtual University of Poznań, 2021)
  • Chair of 'The Middle English Prose Brut' at The Brut in New Troy 2021 Online Conference, by Invitation (University of Queen Mary, London, 2021)
  • 'Highlighting History' at AHTV Roundtable at AHRC and Edinburgh Television Festival, by Invitation (University of Edinburgh, 2021)
  • 'Women in Academia' at International Women's Day, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Redgrave Court, 2020)
  • ‘Shipwreck as Salvific Mirror: Mermaids and Sirens in the Medieval Church’ at Shipwrecks and How to Avoid Them, by Invitation (Somerville College, Oxford, 2017)
  • ‘Expanding the Oeuvre and Patronage of a Late Medieval Scribe’ at Research Seminar, by Invitation (Trinity College, Dublin, 2015)
  • ‘Staging Agincourt and Anglo-French Relations in Shakespeare’s Henry V’ at Agincourt 1415-2015, by Invitation (University of Liverpool, 2015)
  • '“This noble prynce, pierlesse of regyment”: Henry V and Agincourt in Hardyng’s Chronicle’ at Syon to Agincourt: 1415 and Beyond, by Invitation (University of Hull, 2015)
  • ‘Ricardus Franciscus’ at Research Seminar, by Invitation (Centre for the Study of the Middle Ages, University of Birmingham, 2015)
  • Organiser of 7th International Medieval Chronicle Conference (University of Liverpool, 2014)
  • 'A Newly Discovered Manuscript by Ricardus Franciscus’ at 20th International Medieval Congress, by Invitation (University of Leeds, 2013)
  • 'Medieval Books', by Invitation (Lancashire Archive, 2013)
  • 'The Use and Abuse of Genealogy in the Middle Ages' at Spring Talks, by Invitation (Lancashire Archives, 2013)
  • 'John Hardyng’s Albina and the Wars of the Roses’ at Oxford/Cambridge International Chronicles Symposium, by Invitation (University of Oxford, 2012)
  • ‘Visualising Royal Authority: John Hardyng’s use of Lydgate’ at 5th International Medieval Chronicle Conference, by Invitation (University of Belfast, 2008)
  • ‘Editing John Hardyng’s Chronicle’ at Theories and Practices of Editing Symposium, by Invitation (University of Liverpool, 2008)
  • ‘Editing the Manuscripts of Hardyng’s Chronicle' at AHRC Manuscripts and Printed Books Colloquium, by Invitation (University of Bangor, 2007)
  • Organiser of Individual and Group Identity in the Middle Ages (University of Liverpool, 2007)
  • ‘Political Consciousness and the Literary Mind in Late Medieval England’ at Keio University, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Keio University, Tokyo, 2006)
  • ‘The Life and Social Milieu of John Hardyng’ at Harlaxton Symposim, by Invitation (Harlaxton, 2005)
  • ‘The Inversion of Social Hierarchy in John Hardyng’s Chronicle’ at 4th International Medieval Chronicle Conference, by Invitation (University of Reading, 2005)
  • ‘Reader Responses to John Hardyng’s Chronicle in the 15th to the 18th Centuries’ at 2nd Nowton Court Colloquium on the History of the Book and Digitisation, by Invitation (University of Cambridge, 2004)
  • ‘Wifes and Maidens, Widowes and Nonnes”: Feminizing History in Hardyng’s Chronicle’ at The Fifteenth Century Conference, by Invitation (University of Keele, 2003)
  • ‘King and Author in John Hardyng’s Chronicle’ at Research Seminar, by Invitation (The Institute of Historical Research, London, 2002)
  • ‘The Depiction of King and Kingdom in Hardyng’s Chronicle’ at 3rd International Medieval Chronicle Conference, by Invitation (University of Utrecht, 2002)
  • ‘Mapping the Authorial Voice in John Hardyng’s Chronicle’ at 37th International Congress on Medieval Studies at Kalamazoo, by Invitation (University of Michigan, 2002)
  • ‘Autobiography in Medieval England’ at Research Seminar, by Invitation (University of Hull, 2002)
  • ‘The 15th-Century Verse Chronicle of John Hardyng: Sources, Translation and Adaptation’ at Leeds International Medieval Congress (University of Leeds, 2000)
  • ‘On his Majesty’s Secret Service: The Life, Travels and Chronicle of John Hardyng’ at Organiser of Ethnic and Regional Identities in the Middle Ages (University of Hull, 2000)

Editorships

  • Liverpool University Press (Invited Editorial Advisory Board Member, 2012 - present)
  • The Literary Encyclopedia (Invited Senior Editorial Board Member, 2012 - present)
  • Exeter Medieval Texts and Studies (Invited Editorial Committee Member, 2023 - present)
  • The Medieval Chronicle (Invited Advisory Board, 2023 - present)
  • Transactions of the Royal Historical Society (Invited Peer Reviewer, 2025)
  • Arthurian Literature (Invited Peer Reviewer, 2022)
  • Routledge (Invited Peer Reviewer, 2019)
  • Bloomsbury (Invited Peer Reviewer, 2017 - 2026)
  • Penguin Classics (Invited Advisory Group, 2016)
  • Queeste: Journal of Medieval Literature of the Low Countries (Invited Peer Reviewer, 2015)
  • International Medieval Bibliography (Academic Contributor, 2010 - 2015)
  • Modern Language Review (MLR) (Invited Peer reviewer)
  • Nottingham Medieval Studies (Invited Peer reviewer)

Event Roles

  • Public Talk: 'The Staithes Mermaids', by Invitation (Talk/Lecture, Staithes Festiavl of Art and Heritage, 2025)
  • Public Talk: 'The Mermaids of Staithes', by Invitation (Talk/Lecture, Viktor Wynd Museum/Last Tuesday Society, 2025)
  • Public Talk: 'Japanese Merfolk and the Strange Case of the Feejee Mermaid', by Invitation (Talk/Lecture, Viktor Wynd Museum, 2025)
  • Public Talk: 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Medieval Treasure' at 'Into the Wyld', a festival of contemporary art by Material Matters, by Invitation (Talk/Lecture, Williamson Art Gallery and Museum, 2024)
  • Public Talk: ‘Medieval Mermaids: Sirens of Shipwreck, Salvation and Folklore’, by Invitation (Talk/Lecture, Viktor Wynd Museum, 2024)
  • Public Talk: 'Mermaids Across the Millennia', by Invitation (Talk/Lecture, The Viktor Wynd Museum, 2023)
  • The Mermaid Chronicles (Exhibition, Adam Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand, 2022)
  • Host: 'Things in Jars with Jess Kidd' at Liverpool Literary Festival, by Invitation (Talk/Lecture, Online, 2020)
  • Public Talk: 'The Lure in Context' at British Film Institute's Musicals Season: Screening of The Lure, by Invitation (Film Screening, The Old Market, Hove, 2019)
  • Host: 'Things in Jars' at Liverpool Literary Festival, by Invitation (Talk/Lecture, Victoria Gallery and Museum, 2019)
  • Director: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Performance, University of Liverpool, 2018)
  • Director: Under the Moon at Renaissance Fantastic Voyages (Performance, Liverpool Anglican Cathedral, 2018)
  • Director: The Little Mermaid at British Academy Literature Week (Performance, British Academy, 2017)
  • Public Talk: 'Daughters of the Deep: Mermaids in Literature and Art’ at Being Human Festival 2016 (Talk/Lecture, Walker Gallery, Liverpool, 2016)
  • Director: The Little Mermaid at Being Human Festival 2016 (Performance, Walker Gallery, Liverpool, 2016)
  • Director: Mermaid and Pirate Tales at Being Human Festival 2016 (Performance, Walker Gallery, Liverpool, 2016)
  • Festival Advocate for Liverpool Hub of Being Human 2016 (Performance, Being Human Festival, 2016)
  • Director: The Little Mermaid at Being Human Festival Launch, by Invitation (Performance, Senate House, London, 2016)
  • Public Talk: 'Being Human in the Middle Ages' at Public Talk at Being Human Festival Showcase, by Invitation (Talk/Lecture, Senate House, London, 2016)
  • Public Talk: 'Mermaids in Their Element' at Women on the Waterfront Festival, by Invitation (Talk/Lecture, Merseyside Maritime Museum, 2016)
  • Director: Robin Hood’s May Day Adventure at Tudor Times (Performance, The National Trust: Speke Hall, 2016)
  • Public Talk: Humans, Animals and Supernatural Encounters in the Middle Ages at Being Human Festival 2015 (Talk/Lecture, Walker Gallery, Liverpool, 2015)
  • Director: Bisclavret at Being Human Festival 2015 (Performance, Walker Gallery, Liverpool, 2015)
  • Public Talk: Women in Leadership, by Invitation (Talk/Lecture, University of Liverpool, 2015)
  • Public Talk: 'Mermaids in Their Element' at Light Night, by Invitation (Talk/Lecture, Culture Liverpool/Merseyside Maritime Museum, 2015)
  • Director: Shakespeare's Greatest Hits (Performance, Walker Gallery, Liverpool, 2015)
  • Director: Shakespeare's Greatest Hits (Performance, The National Trust: Speke Hall, 2015)
  • Director: Medieval Storytelling at Saint George's Festival (Performance, Saint George's Hall, Liverpool, 2015)
  • Director: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Performance, Lady Lever Gallery, 2014)
  • Director: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Performance, The National Trust: Speke Hall, 2014)
  • 'Working with the Media’, by Invitation (Talk/Lecture, University of Liverpool Female Early Career Network, 2014)
  • ‘Scene Change' Event, by Invitation (Workshop, Everyman Theatre, Liverpool, 2013)
  • Director: 'Three Minute Hamlet' at Everyman Fun Palace, by Invitation (Performance, Everyman Theatre, Liverpool, 2014)
  • Director: Medieval Storytelling (Performance, Springfield Montessori Nursery, 2014)
  • Co-Director: The Interlude of Youth (Performance, The National Trust: Rufford Old Hall, 2014)
  • Co-Director: The Canterbury Tales (Performance, The Stanley Theatre, Liverpool, 2014)
  • Public Talk: 'The Real Game of Thrones' at Freethinking Festival, by Invitation (Talk/Lecture, The Sage, Gateshead, 2013)
  • Harpist: Goblin Market, by Invitation (Performance, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, 2013)
  • Director: Medieval Storytelling at 'Medieval Day', by Invitation (Performance, Lancashire Archives, 2013)
  • Director: The Chester Noah Play at Moby Dick on the Mersey Festival, by Invitation (Performance, Merseyside Maritime Museum, 2013)
  • Director: The Second Shepherds' Play at Walker Gallery Family Christmas (Performance, Walker Gallery, Liverpool, 2012)
  • Director: An Evening of Early Music and Drama (Performance, Ormskirk Parish Church, 2012)
  • Public Talk: ‘The Use and Abuse of Genealogy in the Middle Ages’ at Spring Talks Series, by Invitation (Talk/Lecture, Lancashire Record Office, 2012)
  • Public Talk: 'Medieval Passion Plays' at Preston Arts Festival and Preston Guild, by Invitation (Talk/Lecture, Preston Guild, 2012)

Examination Roles

  • University of Liverpool, Medieval Studies (PhD, 2024)
  • University of Liverpool, Classics (PhD, 2024)
  • University of Warwick, Ph.D. (2018)
  • University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia, Ph.D. (2011)

Expert Opinions

  • Emergency Funding Bid: All Saints Church, Gazeley (All Saints, Gazeley, 2022 - 2024)
  • Consultant: Guinness Book of World Records 2024, Invited (Guinness World Records, 2022 - 2023)
  • Consultant: Men, Myths and Monsters (second edition) (2022 - present)
  • Consultant: Spanish TVE Network (quiz show medieval content), Invited (2022 - 2023)
  • Consultant: ¡Boom! (Spanish Quiz Show on Antena 3, medieval content) (2019 - 2020)
  • Consultant: Penguin Classics Series (Penguin Random House, 2017)
  • Consultant: Two Children's Books on Knights and Castles (Scholastic Press, 2017)
  • Consultant: Documentary Series (Wall to Wall TV, 2016)
  • Consultant: Historical scene in The White Princess (Company Pictures/Television, 2016)
  • Consultant: Oak Tree: Nature's Greatest Survivor (Iron Gall Ink Section) (Furnace Television, 2015)
  • Consultant: SOMM, Into the Bottle (medieval content) (Jason Wise (director), 2015)
  • Consultant for Documentary Series (Halfyard Television, 2015)
  • Consultant: Documentary Series on Castles (Green Bay TV, 2014)
  • Consultant: 'Words and Music: Jewels' (BBC Radio 3, 2013)
  • AHRC Social Media Communications Review, Invited (Arts and Humanities Research Council, 2013)
  • Collaboration Event (The British Library, London, 2013)
  • Consultant: 'Words and Music: No Stronger than a Flower' (BBC Radio 3, 2013)
  • Consultant: 'Words and Music: Mermaids' (BBC Radio 3, 2013)
  • AHRC Social Media Communications Review (2013)
  • Consultant: Documentary Series on the Middle Ages (Matchlight Television, 2013)
  • AHRC Strategy Consultation, Invited (Arts and Humanities Research Council, 2012)
  • Consultant: Dating of Medieval Document and Books, Invited (Lancashire Record Office, 2012)
  • Consultant: Appraisal of an early book in The Dijksman Collection (2012)

External Administrative or Committee Roles

  • Vice-President (The Medieval Chronicle Society, 2017 - present)
  • NWCDTP Pathway Rep (English, Liverpool) (NWCDTP, 2025 - present)
  • Contributor to Report on AHRC-BBC NGT Scheme (Arts and Humanities Research Council, 2022)
  • External Assessor (Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland, 2020 - 2023)
  • External Assessor for Cardiff University (Promotions) (Cardiff University, 2020 - 2022)
  • Being Human Festival Advocate and Steering Committee Member for Liverpool Hub, 2016
  • AHRC Peer Review College (Arts and Humanities Research Council, 2011 - 2014)
  • Academic Contributor (International Medieval Bibliography, 2010)
  • Committee Member (The Medieval Chronicle Society, 2009 - present)

Grant Application Assessments

  • External Post-submission (Leverhulme Trust, 2025)
  • External Post-submission (Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), 2025 - present)
  • Internal Post-submission (University of Liverpool, JIC Davies Studentship, 2020 - 2025)
  • Internal Post-submission (Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), NWCDTP, 2019 - present)
  • Internal Post-submission (University of Liverpool, Miriam Allott Scholarships, 2024)
  • External Post-submission (Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland, 2020 - present)
  • Internal Pre-submission (Leverhulme Trust, 2020 - present)
  • Internal Post-submission (Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), 2012 - 2013)
  • External Post-submission (Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), 2010 - 2014)

Internal Administrative or Committee Roles

  • Advisory Board, REF Diverse Output Types (DOTs) (University, 2025 - present)
  • NWCDTP Pathway Lead (English) (Department, 2025 - present)
  • Miriam Allott Scholarships Panel Member (Department, 2024)
  • Liverpool School of the Arts Doctoral Awards Review Panel Member (School / Institute, 2023 - 2024)
  • NWCDTP Review Panel Member (Department, 2020 - present)
  • Departmental Director of Postgraduate Research (Admissions) (Department, 2019 - present)
  • Director of the Liverpool Players (University, 2012 - present)
  • JIC Davies BAME Studentship Selection Panel (Department, 2022 - 2025)
  • Steering Committee for Liverpool Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies
  • GTA Induction Lead (Department, 2019 - present)
  • Profile Group Member (Department, 2019 - present)
  • NGT Applicant Workshops (Faculty, 2019 - present)
  • PDR Reviewer (English) (Department, 2015 - present)
  • Working Group for Being Human Festival Activities (University, 2015 - 2016)
  • Development of 'Join the Adventure' (university promotional film) (University, 2015 - 2016)
  • Steering Committee for Academic Book Week (University, 2015 - 2016)
  • Faculty Research Outcomes Group Member (Faculty, 2014 - 2015)
  • Director of PG Research (2014 - 2015)
  • Fire Officer for English (School / Institute, 2014 - 2015)
  • Organiser and Chair of Staff-Student Seminar Series (School / Institute, 2012 - 2013)
  • Panel Member for AHRC BGP1 Awards (Faculty, 2012 - 2013)
  • Northwest Consortium AHRC BGP2 Funding Bid: English Pathway (School / Institute, 2012 - 2013)
  • Progress Committee (School / Institute, 2009 - 2010)
  • Learning and Teaching Committee (School / Institute, 2009 - 2010)
  • E-learning advisor (2009 - 2010)
  • Level One Coordinator (School / Institute, 2009 - 2010)
  • Cognate Subject Representative for AHRC Block Grant Partnership interviews (Faculty, 2009 - 2010)
  • Mitigating Circumstances Committee (School / Institute, 2009 - 2010)
  • Internal Peer Reviewer of Teaching (School / Institute, 2008 - 2009)
  • Subject Representative for English (University, 2008 - 2009)
  • Co-organiser of the LCMRS Seminar Series (Faculty, 2008 - 2009)
  • Treasurer for Liverpool Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (Faculty, 2008 - 2009)
  • School Coordinator for ESRC funded Net Generation Survey (School / Institute, 2007 - 2008)
  • Internal Periodic Review Representative for School of English (School / Institute, 2006 - 2007)

Media Appearances

  • Interview: 'Folklore: Uncovering the Mystery of the Mermaids of Yorkshire's Coastline', Yorkshire Post, Interviewed for feature by Ruby Kitchen (December 2025)
  • Interview: 'The Spirit of Christmas', Home and Antiques Magazine, Interviewed for a feature by Sophia Cano (December 2025)
  • Broadcast: 'Ian Hislop's Oldest Jokes', S2, E5, BBC Radio 4 (September 2025)
  • Feature: 'Myths and Legends as Coast Village Celebrates', Cited in a feature by Steve Teale, The Yorkshire Post (August 2025)
  • Feature: 'This Seaside Village's Mermaid Myth is Still Growing', BBC News (June 2025)
  • Feature: 'The Sea Shall Flow to Jackdaw's We'll Old English Mermaid Legend Traced Back Centuries'. Cited in feature by James Felton, IFL Science (June 2025)
  • Feature: 'Mermaids Of Staithes Legend Likely Centuries Older Than Previously Thought', Raw News (June 2025)
  • Art, History and Mermaids At This Year's Staithes Festival, Coastal and Country Radio (August 2025)
  • Feature: 'Does Anyone Know How to Appease Mermaids?' Cited in feature by Rosie Barnes and Bill Hinchley, Talk of the Town (August 2025)
  • Broadcast: 'Winter Special', CBS News, with Gil Gross (2024)
  • Broadcast: 'Christmas Traditions', BBC Radio Merseyside, Tony Snell Show (2024)
  • Broadcast: Prom 5 Live Interval Coverage of Zemlinsky's 'The Mermaid', BBC Radio 3 Proms (July 2024)
  • Broadcast and podcast: Mythical Creatures (episode 5 'Mermaids') with Rhianna Pratchett, BBC Radio 4 (2023)
  • Broadcast: 'Christmas Traditions', BBC Radio Merseyside, Phill Munns Show (2023)
  • Feature: 'A King Arthur for Our Times - Dark, Gloomy and Violent', Cited in a Feature by Ed Power, The Independent (December 2023)
  • Interview: British Mermaids, Country Life (2023)
  • Broadcast: Interview about Disney's The Little Mermaid, BBC Radio 4, World at One (2023)
  • Broadcast and Podcast: 'Mermaids, Caribbean Tales and Copyright', BBC Radio 3 Freethinking (2023)
  • Broadcast and Podcast: 'The Little Mermaid', The Princess Podcast, BBC Radio 4 (2023)
  • Feature: 'How Man Tricked into Buying World's Most Expensive Mermaid Lost his Fortune', Guinness World Records (2023)
  • University Challenge Christmas Special, BBC 2 (2022)
  • Presenter: 'Game of Thrones and History', BBC Radio 3 Arts and Ideas Podcast (2022)
  • Vodcast: 'The Mermaid Chronicles Exhibition', Adam Art Gallery (2022)
  • Interview: 'Legends of the Sea', Breathe Magazine (2021)
  • Podcast: 'Monsters and Marvell’s Part III: The Mermaid’s Tale', Minneapolis Institute of Art, The Object Podcast, (2020)
  • Vodcast: 'Mermaids', Royal Museums Greenwich at Home Vodcast 'Ships, Sea and Stars' (2020)
  • Podcast: 'Mermaids and History',, Cleopatra's Bling Podcast (2020)
  • Podcast: ‘How Mermaids Protect People From Illness’, The Mermaid Podcast, Cinderley (2020)
  • Broadcast: Digging Up Britain's Past, Channel 5 (2019)
  • Presenter: Film Introduction to 'The Lure', British Film Institute (2019)
  • Interview: ‘The African Mermaid Before Disney’, The Philadelphia Inquirer (2019)
  • Interview: ‘Disney Defends ‘Little Mermaid’ Casting’, The Atlanta Constitution (2019)
  • Interview: 'Africa Celebrated Black MermaidsLong Before Disney and #NotMyAriel', The Washington Post (2019)
  • Interview: Feature on mermaids, The New Issue (2019)
  • Feature: 'From Unicorns to Beastly Farts', Times Higher Education (2019)
  • Feature: 'John Hardyng: Henry V’s Secret Agent‘, BBC History Magazine (2019)
  • Feature: 'What Medieval History Tells Us About Game of Thrones (and how it might end…)', Liverpool University News (2019)
  • Feature: 'My Favourite Place: Rome, Italy', BBC History Magazine (2019)
  • Broadcast: 'Divided Britain' with Tony Livesey, BBC Radio Five Live (2019)
  • Interview: Feature on King Arthur and the Kid Who Would be King, Vera. Virgin In Flight Magazine (2019)
  • Interview: The Kid Who Would be King, Worldwide Media (2019)
  • Feature: 'Mermaids and Where to Find Them', The Big Issue (2019)
  • Interview: 'Drawn to Scales', The Big Issue (2019)
  • Interview: 'Did Mary, Queen of Scots Really Wear All of Those Earrings?', The Cut (2018)
  • Broadcast: 'The Appeal of Mermaids', TalkRadio (2018)
  • Interview: 'Why is Fish Sex so Hot Right Now? (Because Apparently It is)', The Spinoff (2018)
  • Interview: ‘The Fishy but Eternal Allure of the Merman’, The Boston Globe (2018)
  • Interview: 'The Return of the Mermen', The Boston Globe (2018)
  • Podcast: 'Mermaid's Through the Ages', The Mermaid Podcast, Cinderly (2018)
  • Broadcast: 'Trade, Davos, Ocean Travel and Mermaids', BBC Radio 3 (2018)
  • Broadcast: 'The Mystery of Mermaids', ABC Radio National Australia (2018)
  • Feature: 'Anniversaries: 14 April 1471 Warwick the Kingmaker is Slain in Battle', BBC History Magazine (2018)
  • Interview: 'Game of Thrones: Who is the True Heir?', BBC News (2017)
  • Podcast: 'History of Christmas Traditions', University of Liverpool Podcast (2017)
  • Broadcast: 'Medieval Christmas Traditions', BBC Radio Merseyside (2017)
  • Broadcast: Britain's Ancient Tracks with Tony Robinson, Channel 4 (2017)
  • Broadcast: 'Mermaids', Radio New Zealand (2017)
  • Interview: 'Real Life Mermaids of Britain', BBC 3 (2017)
  • Broadcast: 'Mermaids', BBC Radio 2 (2017)
  • Podcast: 'Why Do We Love Mermaids?', University of Liverpool Podcast (2017)
  • Interview: 'King Arthur and Dozmary Pool', BBC Radio Georgey Spanswick Tonight (2017)
  • Broadcast: 'Guy Ritchie’s King Arthur', BBC Radio Hereford and Worcester (2017)
  • Broadcast: Storytelling and Folklore, BBC Radio Hereford and Worcester (2017)
  • Interview: 'Submerged in Subculture: Inside Plano’s Mermaid School', Dallas Observer (2017)
  • Interview: 'The Mermaid Isles Project', The Thinkers' Garden (2017)
  • Interview: ‘Penis Harvest and Killer Rabbits’, The Ottawa Citizen. Also published in five other outlets: The Calgary Herald, The Montreal Gazette, The Windsor Star, The Leader Post and The Edmonton Journal. (2017)
  • Feature: 'St Valentine’s – A Minor Day in a Medieval Calendar packed with Festivals', The Conversation (2017)
  • Feature: 'Why We Can't Resist the Lure of Mermaids', The Conversation (2017)
  • Interview: 'Academics’ New Year’s Resolutions: From Actual Self to Ideal Self', Times Higher Education (2017)
  • Feature: 'Five Fantastic Medieval Beasts and Where to Find Them', BBC Radio 3 (2016)
  • Feature: 'A History Buff’s Guide to Game of Thrones', The Big Issue (2016)
  • Interview: 'Mermaids and the Maritime Imaginary', Being Human (2016)
  • Interview: 'What’s the Deal with That #MermaidLife Thing?', Vice (2016)
  • Feature: 'London’s Bloody Tower Plays Host to Game of Thrones Season Five', The Conversation (2015)
  • Broadcast: 'Shakespeare's Chronicle Sources', BBC Radio 3 (2016)
  • Broadcast: Being Human Debate at FACT on 'Man and Animals', BBC Radio 3 (2016)
  • Broadcast: Agincourt 600th Anniversary Feature, BBC Breakfast (2015)
  • Broadcast: Agincourt 600, BBC News (2015)
  • Broadcast: Agincourt 600, BBC Five Live (2015)
  • Broadcast: Oak Tree, Nature's Greatest Survivor, BBC 4 (2015)
  • Broadcast: Castle Builders TV Series, UKTV (2015)
  • Interview: 'Where the Wild Things Lurk', Do Not Disturb Magazine (2015)
  • Presenter: 'Medieval Christmas', BBC Radio 3 Freethinking (2014)
  • Broadcast: 'Historical Halloween', BBC Radio Merseyside (2014)
  • Broadcast: 'Agincourt 599th Anniversary', BBC Radio Kent (2014)
  • Presenter: 'Henry V's Spy and Scottish Independence', BBC Arts (2014)
  • Interview: 'Eureka! Historians Share Their Experiences', The History Vault (2014)
  • Presenter: 'Medieval Christmas', BBC Radio 3 (2013)
  • Presenter: 'The Real Game of Thrones: Power in 15th-Century England', BBC Radio 3 (2013)
  • Broadcast: 'St George and Englishness', BBC One Breakfast (2013)
  • Broadcast: Liverpool: An Insider’s Guide, University of Liverpool (2013)
  • Broadcast: 'Transitions', BBC Radio 3 (2013)
  • Broadcast: 'Mermaids', BBC Radio 3: Words and Music (2013)
  • Presenter: 'The Appeal of King Arthur', BBC Radio 3 (2013)
  • Interview: 'Five Minutes With...', The History Vault (2013)
  • Broadcast: 'Medieval Lancashire', BBC Radio Lancashire (2013)
  • Interview: 'Medievalist Shares Ripe Fruit of the Penis Tree', Times Higher Education Supplement (2013)
  • Interview: 'New Generation Thinkers', The Champion (2013)
  • Interview, 'Play from Medieval Chester to be Revived at Albert Dock', The Liverpool Echo (2013)
  • Broadcast, The Chester Noah Play, Bay TV (2013)
  • Broadcast: 'The Chester Noah Play', BBC Radio Merseyside (2013)
  • Broadcast: Interview on Medieval Drama, BBC Radio Merseyside (2012)
  • Broadcast: Interview on Medieval Guilds, Preston FM (2012)

Organisations I have been associated with

  • CBS News (2024)
  • BBC Proms (2024)
  • Williamson Art Gallery and Museum (2024)
  • Material Matters (2024)
  • BBC Radio 4 (2023 - present)
  • BBC Radio 3 (2013 - present)
  • Guinness World Records (2022 - 2023)
  • BBC 2 (2022)
  • Adam Art Gallery, New Zealand (2022)
  • Minneapolis Institute of Art (2021)
  • English Heritage: Warkworth Castle (2021)
  • National Maritime Museum (Royal Museums Greenwich) (2019 - 2020)
  • British Film Institute (2019)
  • Channel 5 (2019)
  • BBC History Magazine (2018 - present)
  • ABC Radio National, Australia (2018)
  • Liverpool Cathedral (2018)
  • The British Academy (2017)
  • Sky News (2017 - present)
  • Channel 4 (2017)
  • BBC Radio 2 (2017)
  • Radio New Zealand (2017)
  • BBC Radio Hereford and Worcester (2017)
  • Times Higher Education (2013 - 2019)
  • BBC Radio Merseyside (2012 - present)
  • The Walker Gallery, Liverpool (2012 - 2016)
  • Mocha TV (2013 - 2015)
  • Merseyside Maritime Museum (2013 - 2016)
  • Cottrell Music (2013 - 2019)
  • National Trust: Speke Hall (2014 - 2016)
  • Being Human: Festival of the Humanities (2015 - 2016)
  • FACT (2016)
  • Central Library, Liverpool (2016)
  • The Big Issue (2016 - 2018)
  • Penguin Books (2016 - 2017)
  • Scholastic Publishing (2016)
  • BBC Five Live (2015 - 2019)
  • BBC 4 (2012 - 2016)
  • BBC News (2013 - 2017)
  • BBC One Breakfast (2013 - 2016)
  • Furnace TV (2015)
  • Halfyard TV (2015)
  • Springfield Montessori Nursery (2014 - 2015)
  • National Trust, Rufford Old Hall (2013 - 2014)
  • Everyman Theatre, Liverpool (2013 - 2015)
  • Matchlight TV (2013 - 2014)
  • BBC Arts (2014)
  • Green Bay TV (2014)
  • Lady Lever Art Gallery (2014)
  • Disney-ABC Domestic Television (2014)
  • Lancashire Archive (2012 - 2013)
  • Spike Theatre (2013)
  • The British Library (2012)
  • Ormskirk Parish Church (2012)
  • Preston Arts Festival and Lancashire Archive (2012)
  • Liverpool University Drama Society (2012 - 2017)

Professional Body Memberships

  • Heritage Institute (Affiliated Researcher, 2025 - present)
  • Liverpool Institute for Sustainable Coasts and Oceans (Member, 2022 - present)
  • The International Arthurian Society (British Branch) (Member, 2022 - present)
  • Society for International Brut Studies (Member, 2021 - present)
  • Royal Historical Society (Fellow, 2019 - present)
  • Medieval Chronicle Society (Vice-President, 2017 - present)
  • Medieval Chronicle Society (Member, 2002 - present)
  • Liverpool Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (Steering Committee Member, 2013 - present)
  • Arts and Humanities Research Council (Peer Review College Member, 2010 - 2014)
  • Medieval Song Network (Member, 2012 - present)
  • Early English Drama and Performance Network (Member, 2012 - present)
  • Royal Studies Network (Member, 2012 - present)