If this debate has confirmed anything, it's that the Bill's main proponents, and especially those who co-signed it, totally fail to understand what they're asking Parliament to legislate for.

Human beings are not animals. Animals lack autonomy and self-authorship. We're not worried about animals being coerced into an early death. That's why we allow animal euthanasia but shouldn't allow assisted suicide for human beings. Please stop making the pet analogy.

I will have my write-up of this sickeningly dishonest debate soon in The Spectator so that history does not forget.

❗️CALL FOR PAPERS❗️ We are seeking abstracts on topics relating to early modern scandal and corruption! Please consider submitting to present at our conference, 'Corruption and Scandal in the Early Modern World, 1500-1800', at Institute of Historical Research on 5th and 6th June 2025!

Delighted to see my article on John Sherman's college chapel lectures and confessionalised teaching printed in History of Universities XXXVII/1-2. Online version to follow.

a slightly unorthodox celebration of the feast of St Anthony Abbot yesterday, marked by the submission of my DPhil! many thanks to all those who have given advice and listened to me bang on about the Chapel Royal!

Thank you so much, Natalie, for inviting me to join you! It was such a pleasure to discuss my research with you and to share some new insights since the discovery first went public in summer 2023! Do have a listen if you want to learn more ✨️

fans of early modern church music, stained glass, and debates over the presence of crucifixes in royal churches, look no further - my new article, in the Journal of Ecclesiastical History, below! Thanks to reviewers, draft-readers, and seminar audiences! doi.org/10.1017/S00220…

📢Three days left to apply to present at Corruption and Scandal in the Early Modern World, 1500-1800! 📢Please submit your 250-word abstracts and bios to [email protected] by 10th March. Thank you for the great applications submitted so far!

Delighted that my debut article is now out online! Revisioning John Sherman’s A Greek in the Temple: Teaching apologetic responses to pagan religion as confessionalised polemic at Cambridge University, c.1627–1641 | History of Universities: Volume XXXVII. academic.oup.com/book/59256/cha…

Details are now up for next week's BBC Radio 4 episode of 'In Our Time'. I have put my face for radio to use with the fabulous Miri Rubin (Queen Mary University of London) and Sophie Lunn-Rockliffe (Cambridge University Peterhouse Cambridge ) to discuss Biblical Typology 🎤🎤🎤 tinyurl.com/2zchj3vy

The assisted dying bill: “an unserious, irresponsible way to make law.” Superb from ⁦Sonia Sodha⁩ theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

PhD studentship! Come and work with me at Cambridge (where I'll be based from September) and the Centre for Studies of Home Museum of the Home We're looking for someone interested in early modern art/architecture/social history to work on painting in lower-class homes: jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51170/

with news that leave to supplicate has been granted, I'm happy to announce that I passed my viva (in March!) with minor corrections.

Thomas Cromwell’s fall from from power had political, religious, and diplomatic repercussions, creating a crisis which rocked the whole of Early Modern Europe. Read more in my new article co-authored with Susan Brigden on The Historical Journal (Cambridge University Press).

Bloodsuckers of the Commonwealth is available to pre-order now! manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526189080/

It was an honour to speak with Oscar Patton about the Tudor Chapel Royal. Among other things, we discussed the main functions of this important institution, the duties of the officers, & the evolution of church music during the Tudor period. Tune in! talkingtudors.podbean.com

Wonderful to talk Tudors (and some Stuarts) with you! Thanks so much for the invitation! You can hear more about the Chapel Royal, and a rich range of topics from international experts on other episodes, at the link below! 🎶

Very excited to announce that my book, Royal Justice, has been awarded the RHS First Book Prize for 2025. A real honour, for a project I greatly enjoyed working on! royalhistsoc.org/winners-of-the…