About

As an internationally published journalist (with bylines in the likes of Abu Dhabi's The National, The Guardian & BBC online) I write most often for Al Jazeera English for whom I also served as a Senior Producer in its online team in 2023/24.

From Jan. 2025 until Jan. 2026, however, I will undertake a project with Aberdeen Archives, Gallery & Museums to transcribe the 1909-1959 diaries of Scottish-American artist-adventurer James McBey, the subject of my biography, SHADOWS & LIGHT: The Extraordinary Life of James McBey.

SHADOWS & LIGHT is my first authored book. It was published by Edinburgh's Scotland Street Press in 2022, and was the subject of an exhibition at Aberdeen Art Gallery. The SHADOWS & LIGHT exhibition ran from 11 February until 28 May 2023, and was co-curated by myself and Madeline Nehring, Team Lead Collections at Aberdeen Archives, Gallery & Museums.

Both my book and exhibition garnered significant media coverage, such as from The Guardian, The Press & Journal, The Sunday National, The National in Abu Dhabi, The Sunday Post, BBC Radio Scotland and STV news.

Since the publication of my biography, I have given lectures and talks (online & in-person) about McBey at the below venues/to the below groups:

— The T.E. Lawrence Society symposium, RAF Museum Hendon, London (21 September 2024)
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— The James McBey Tourist Trail, Newburgh, Aberdeenshire (28 January 2024)
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— Newburgh Village Hall, Aberdeenshire (The James McBey Project Launch — 27 January 2024)
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— Aberdeen Central Library, Aberdeen (Book Week Scotland — 13 November 2023)
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— Tangier American Legation Museum, Tangier, Morocco (1 June 2023)
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— Newburgh Village Hall, Aberdeenshire (7 May 2023)
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— Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen (15 April 2023)
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— Scottish Society for Art History (Zoom — 21 March 2023)
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— Egyptian Expeditionary Force in WWI Society (Zoom — 7 March 2023)
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— The Fine Art Society, Edinburgh (15 Dec. 2022)
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— The Gallery Bookshop, Glasgow (Book launch — 2 Dec. 2022)