Reader in Archaeological Science & Public Engagement, Newcastle University
I have directed archaeological fieldwork at two UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Spain: The Alhambra (Granada) and Madinat al-Zahra (Cordoba). I am also a public speaker and television presenter, currently co-presenting Channel 4's 'The Great British Dig' with Hugh Dennis (my book of the same title was published in 2022), and a regular columnist for British Archaeology magazine.
I have many and diverse research interests, but they mostly centre around traditional craft and sustainability, the archaeology and history of glass, the human relationship to technology, and generally just doing things a bit differently (new research methods and tools; interdisciplinary collaboration).