Selected Writing, Lectures, and Broadcasts

Review: Russell Shorto’s Taking Manhattan - the unexpectedly peaceful 17th-century transition of power from Dutch to English rule in New York.

Discussion with celebrated CBS journalist Gil Gross examining the Pilgrims' motives in emigrating to America and how the colony differed from Massachusetts.

The National Weather Channel podcast: conversation with paleo-climatologist Dr Curt Stager explores how extreme weather shaped the Pilgrims’ survival.

The Mayflower Compact at 400: the congregational traditions of Plymouth church and the exceptionally broadly based democracy of the town hall meeting.

The prestigious annual lecture at St Bride’s, explores the Mayflower Compact’s enduring legacy.

Panel focusing on the Pilgrims' political innovation and the surprisingly advanced legal rights of women.

Discussion of sources for national history with Dean Karayanis.

The acclaimed early American history podcast with Liz Covart investigates the First Thanksgiving.

How the Pilgrims imported the place names, traditions and building styles of the country they left behind.

Journalist Bidisha interview at the Brontë Parsonage discusses Charlotte’s radical intellect and real-life experiences which shaped the creation of Jane Eyre.