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

Beyond thrilled to have Billy Waters Is Dancing (Yale) featured in the latest issue of Mslexia magazine. I’ve learnt so much from its articles over the years, this is a real honour! Read more

It’s been 3 months since Billy Waters Is Dancing (Yale) was released in the UK, and 2 months since it was released in the US. It’s been a whirlwind: I’m grateful to every reader, reviewer,… Read more

Took flyer for my book #BillyWatersIsDancing @YaleBooks on tour to visit the fascinating @No1Museum in Bath’s Royal Crescent which tackles Bath’s historic links to the slave trade directly and with intelligence. Read more

Tuesday June 11, 6.30-8pm, Daunt Books Marylebone High St, is the launch of *Billy Waters is Dancing* (Yale). Booking details below, with a registration deadline of 31st May. Thrilled that we will have live music… Read more