With term ending and the year coming to a close, things became very busy here in Oxford. It began with an article in the Oxford Mail by my housemate Jamie Brooks about my past research and future plans. Immediately after it was released, BBC Radio Oxford called wanting to have me on the show. In both cases, I did my best to talk about my wider work, not just my research on urban exploration, and to give a clear indication that my future research will be taking new directions. I have past both below if you are interested.
Then, two days ago, I headed up to Manchester to present in the Ruins an Radiation seminar organized by Paul Dobraszczyk. I was on the panel with Dylan Trigg, Jane and Louise Wilson and Tim Edensor, people whose work I have greatly admired over the last few years. Tim was my also external examiner that awarded my PhD last February; I have to admit it was a bit bit surreal to present alongside him so soon after graduating. I was absolutely shocked by the turnout at the talk and can’t those those of you who came along enough, I believe we had almost 200 people in the audience!
The next big task on my list is completion of the Place Hacking manuscript for Verso. I will be squirrelling myself away in the Woflson College library for the next 30 days to get it done. Advance apologies if I am difficult to get a hold of over this period. I won’t lie, after the last few months full of talks, travel and seemingly endless work, I am looking forward to being unreachable!