New book
In 2017, my parents faced eviction from their 1950s ex-Coal Board estate in Leeds. What began as a family campaign to save their home became a half decade investigation into how Britain came to treat its tenants as disposable – and why it has always been this way.
Eviction: A Social History of Rent traces 150 years of rent, eviction, and resistance, recovering the stories of the people who fought back.
Published by Verso, September 2025.
About me
I’m a prize-winning interdisciplinary researcher and activist writer working on social justice issues. I write about the UK housing crisis, tenant resistance, and homelessness.
Current project: the history of temporary accommodation in England with Justlife.
What I do
Research & writing: Long-form historical research and writing on housing insecurity, homelessness, and welfare policy in Britain.
Events & talks: Available for panels, festivals, and public lectures on housing, eviction, temporary accommodation and social history.
Freelance support: I work with organisations as a researcher, editor, and grant writer.
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