Writing from the archives
I publish regular essays exploring archival methodology, military history, and institutional betrayal—examining how forgotten voices get buried in official records and what it takes to excavate them. Expect historical vignettes, reflections on the archival craft, and the occasional deep dive into how institutions flatten individual experience into sanitized narrative.
The Letters in the Stone: Six Centuries of Footsteps
In St Andrews, stepping over the memorial letters P.H.—marking where a young scholar died for dangerous ideas in 1528—connects you to six centuries of students who walked these same stones wrestling with the courage to think for themselves.
The Historic Home That Taught Me to Listen
How working as the youngest docent at a historic house museum taught me the listening skills that became the foundation of my archival career.