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

Join me for this ONLINE TALK with@nationalarchivesuk16/10/24 19:30 BST ‘Finding Billy Waters: How A Black Sailor Found Fame in Regency Britain’ Discover the story of the irrepressible ‘King of the Beggars’, Billy Waters!🎼🎼Learn more about… Read more

It’s finally here 🎉, just in time for #BHM2024 Check out our new educational resource, ‘Billy Waters: Songs from the Shadows’, here: Based on research done for #BillyWatersIsDancing@yalebooks_history@yalebooks and new work by Ben Marsh. It was great to… Read more

Join me on Thursday evening (online or in person) for this talk hosted by Bow Street Police Museum, Covent Garden: Finding Billy Waters: Black Londoners in Regency Britain https://bowstreetpolicemuseum.digitickets.co.uk/event-tickets/57709?catID=36332 Read more

I’m going back over reviews that appeared over the summer: thanks so much to readers and reviewers for this amazing feedback and attention so far for Billy Waters Is Dancing. “A masterful piece of storytelling,… Read more

That was fun! Just been interviewed by @historywithjackson for his podcast, and I had a fab time. We talked about race, disability, music, Napoleonic wars, historic New York, London theatre, sailors, and celebrities… It’s wonderful to talk… Read more