Interests
Paintball

Amongst various activities as a PhD student we arranged a day paintballing in the woods near Ponteland. Very wet, very messy and a lot of fun.

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In addition to my research interests I am a Grade 6 qualified Driving Instructor. I support Newcastle United FC and enjoy playing 5-a-side (if fit), swimming, running along the beach, and playing badminton and basketball. Now that I am in Sheffield I have yet to hit the streets in my running shoes!

Favourite TV drama

The Killing: a Danish crime drama. Sara Lund's jumper! Shown on BBC Four

Recommended read

The Einstein Girl by Philip Sington: a political mystery thriller set in Germany during the early days of the Wehrmacht is a gripping read which mixes romance, domestic abuse, general relativity, psychology and eugenics. The author makes these accessible maintaining a pacy, moving drama from start to finish with empathetic characters.


The Shadow Line (above) and Zen (right). I am disgusted that the BBC canned the intense, cerebral and luxuriantly stylish Zen (set in Italy), but commissioned a second series of the thoroughly disjointed, incoherent and superficial Luther. Although Idris Elba was excellent in the Wire

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