I’m a writer and academic based in London. I studied English Literature at St. John’s College, Cambridge, then did an MA in Renaissance Studies under the historian Lisa Jardine.

I went to Princeton for my PhD, which focused on literature and politics during the English Civil War period (1640-1660). During that time, I taught in New Jersey prisons.

I completed my PhD in May 2020, and, since 2021, I’ve been an assistant professor at Northeastern University London, where I teach English and Creative Writing.

My writing on literature, art, and politics has appeared in publications including The Financial Times, The White Review, Literary Hub, and The Nation (some recent work here).

My first book, What in Me is Dark: The Revolutionary Afterlife of Paradise Lost (2024), is about the extraordinary influence of John Milton’s epic on the politics of the modern age.

I’ve also written an introduction for the Vintage Classics edition of Paradise Lost, published to mark the 350th anniversary of Milton’s death in 2024. You can find a copy here.

Photo credit: Nikolai Cedraeus.