Projects
My work varies wildly between different mediums. Here you can explore said mediums as they pinwheel around my portfolio.
I’ve written a museum tour for Gairloch Museum, taken part in the Archive Project at the Anthony Burgess Foundation and written about Ornamental Hermits for the Historians Magazine. In my spare time I review heritage sites and verbally walk through people and places from the rich tapestry we call history. I also run a fake museum.
So what are you interested in? I’ve divided my projects into categories for your ease. Or alternatively just take a gander at my blog to explore my independent writing by date of upload.
Blog content
History Mysteries
Why were the Dark Ages so dark, why is the dodo dead and what is that old city doing all the way up in those Colombian mountains? Find out the answers to these questions and more!
Rival Reviews
Anonymous reviews of famous and not so famous heritage sites. Learn about the history of these auspicious structures and partake in my favourite game: is their café in the old stables or the kitchens. It’s always one of the two!
Historical Figures
Biographies are in the past! Now is the time to rifle through historical figure’s astonishing lives and dirty secrets via an online article on a historical website. You know you want to!
Some places have let me write things for them and I’ve listed them here so you can see them too.
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From the Sea
Museum tour | February 2025
Exploring the relationship between the people of Gairloch and the seas, lochs and rivers that sustain them.
The aim of this project was to diversify the ways in which audiences could engage with the museum’s permanent collection in tandem with the ongoing digitisation of its historic collection. I was able to work with both objects on display and in storage to tell stories that span across their collections and encourage visitors to see connections in what might otherwise be disparate, collaborating with curatorial staff and volunteers. My aim was to create an experience that spread throughout the museum regardless of existing displays to tell a new narrative that breaks the pre-defined binary of the museum.
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The Hermitage: Weirdest Garden Ornament Ever?
Article | 31 August 2024
Published in the Historians Magazine
An exploration of the origin and popularity of the bizarre fad of the ornamental hermit, a man employed to live out his days in a hermitage on a grand estate in the 18th century.