Ben Marsh, Angeline Morrison, Selena Scott and myself had such a great time doing this ‘Archives for Learning’ workshop the other week about our collaborative educational project Billy Waters: Songs from the Shadows – Age… Read more

Today is the 1-year anniversary of #BillyWatersIsDancing @yalebooks_history @yalebooks ! 🎉🎉🎉 Here are some memories of the launch @dauntbooks and the music from that night by the stellar @angelcakepie2 @hamilton_gross @clarkecamillerimusic and @cohenbraithwaite . 🎻🎻🎻 It’s been such fun seeing the book heading off out into the… Read more

Dear friends, DYSPLA are currently asking for recommendations. Do you, or someone you know – know any London based black disabled performers/veterans who could play the famous street performer #BILLYWATERS. Please feel free to share this… Read more

It was great to visit the University of Greenwich last week to speak about Billy Waters and Black sailors in the Regency navy. How else was I to travel but…by boat! Read more

Suitably maritime location for this talk…hope to see you there! 👇 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/finding-billy-waters-or-black-sailors-in-the-regency-navy-tickets-1206722733179?aff=oddtdtcreator Read more

Just had fun recording an episode of podcast ‘Famous People You’ve Never Heard Of’ @bluefire_tc (https://www.bluefiretheatre.co.uk/podcast) with artist @selenarosescott (https://www.selenascott.com/), Ben Marsh from @ageofrev, and host @lotski62 , about our collaborative Education project ‘Billy Waters: Songs from the Shadows’. Download the FREE… Read more

Interested in London’s Black history? Join me for my FREE illustrated talk! ‘Finding Billy Waters: How A Black Camden Celebrity Found Fame in Regency Britain’ 21.01.25 6pm Camden Local Studies & Archives Centre 2nd Floor,… Read more

ON SALE NOW: ‘Jump Billy!’: celebrating English folk’s diverse history, through the life of celebrity Black Regency busker Billy Waters. Wed. 19th March 2025, Cecil Sharp House, London, 7.30pm INFO + TICKETS: https://www.efdss.org/whats-on/26-gigs/14401-jump-billy A celebration of… Read more

Got treated like royalty this week when I visited Manchester Metropolitan University to give a talk on #BillyWatersIsDancing hosted by the Long Nineteenth-Century Network 📚📚📚 Bonus was seeing my friend Dr Rachel Nolan after waaay… Read more

A little while ago I sat down with History With Jackson to talk about #BillyWatersIsDancing (Yale 2024) …here’s the result! pod.fo/e/2763ab Find out more… https://yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300267686/billy-waters-is-dancing/… Read more